TABLE 4.
Effect of Allium sativum L. and Rosmarinus officinalis L. essential oils in reduction of fruit decay development on strawberry fruits (cv. Paros) caused by Colletotrichum nymphaeae CCTUCCh32, 7 days after inoculation under in vivo condition.
Treatments | Contact method | Vapor method | ||||
DS (%) | DR (%) | DI (%) | DS (%) | DR (%) | DI (%) | |
Inoculated control | 80 ± 2.04a | n.a.* | 100 | 95 ± 2.04a | n.a.* | 100 |
A. sativum 700 μL/L | 7.5 ± 2.5b | 90.62 | 37.5 | 2.5 ± 1.44b | 97.36 | 12.5 |
R. officinalis 1,700 μL/L | 12.5 ± 1.44b | 84.37 | 62.5 | 1.25 ± 1.25b | 98.68 | 6.25 |
Untreated non-inoculated control | 0.00 ± 00c | n.a.* | 0.00 | 0.00 ± 00b | n.a.* | 0.00 |
Means ± standard error in the same column with different letters are significantly different (P ≤ 0.05) according to Tukey test. *Not applicable. DS, disease severity; DR, disease reduction; DI, disease incidence.