Table 3.

Lesion length inside the stalk and on the stalk surface of maize at BBCH 80, 35 days post inoculation with F. graminearum, F. crookwellense, F. culmorum, F. temperatum, F. subglutinans, and control. Different letters indicate significant differences between treatments (p ≤ 0.05).

Inoculated Species	Lesion Length inside the Stalk (mm)	Lesion Length on the Stalk Surface (mm)
F. graminearum	78.3 ± 1 4.1 c	57.7 ± 2.5 c
F. crookwellense	75.5 ± 3.7 bc	43.6 ± 1.6 bc
F. culmorum	65.7 ± 3.6 bc	40.9 ± 1.7 b
F. temperatum	55.5 ± 1.4 b	38.0 ± 1.3 b
F. subglutinans	53.0 ± 1.9 b	32.7 ± 0.9 b
Control	17.7 ± 0.6 a	15.0 ± 1.1 a
MEAN	58 ± 3.4 B	37 ± 2.0 A

¹ Values after plus-minus sign (±) represents standard deviation.