Table 1.
In vitro assay data analysis: Germination rates, pathogenicity, disease severity index, root lengths and fresh and dry weights for control and inoculated pre-germinated seeds of plant species. Data are mean ± SD for each factor, with inoculated data in bold, the test used and the p-value. NS means p > 0.05, * means p ≤ 0.05, ** means p ≤ 0.01, *** means p ≤ 0.001, **** means p ≤ 0.0001.
| Germination Rates (%) | Mortality (%) |
DSI | Root Length (mm) | Fresh Weight (g) | Dry Weight (g) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soya Bean N = 15 plates |
52 ±2 1.2 28 ± 10.2 Wilcoxon p = 0.0009 (***) |
38.6 ± 23.2 78.6 ± 20.6 Wilcoxon p = 5.253 × 10−5 (****) |
46 ± 23.46 84 ± 12.84 Wilcoxon p = 1.782 × 10−5 (****) |
59.52 ± 23.88 59.37 ± 36.84 Welch p = 0.9881 (NS) |
0.69 ± 0.19 0.83 ± 0.28 Wilcoxon p = 0.0917 (NS) |
0.89 ± 0.42 0.75 ± 0.30 Wilcoxon p = 0.2617 (NS) |
| Common Bean N = 15 plates |
84± 23 62.6 ± 21.2 Wilcoxon p = 0.00364 (**) |
18.6 ± 24.4 45.2 ± 22 Wilcoxon p = 0.00204 (**) |
20.67 ± 23.67 71.22 ± 9.87 Wilcoxon p = 1.549 × 10−5 (****) |
62.15 ± 31.92 54.28 ± 30.23 Wilcoxon p = 0.197 (NS) |
1.34 ± 0.51 1.14 ± 0.38 Wilcoxon p = 0.0629 (NS) |
0.64 ± 0.18 0.71 ± 0.30 Wilcoxon p = 0.6632 (NS) |
| Blue Lupin N = 15 plates |
54.6 ± 20.6 40 ± 23.8 Welch p = 0.0416 (*) |
52 ± 23.6 66.6 ± 19.6 Wilcoxon p = 0.03385 (*) |
43.67 ± 21.08 70.33 ± 17.97 Welch p = 0.0004 (***) |
74.06 ± 30.04 48.87 ± 22.67 Wilcoxon p = 0.00036 (***) |
1.24 ± 0.37 1.03 ± 0.29 Welch p = 0.0133 (*) |
0.95 ± 0.46 0.92 ± 0.34 Wilcoxon p = 0.65 (NS) |
| Cucumber N = 15 plates |
98.6 ± 5.2 94.6 ± 9.2 Wilcoxon p = 0.07885 (NS) |
1.4 ± 5.2 9.4 ± 12.8 Wilcoxon p = 0.0173 (*) |
0.13 ± 0.35 68.33 ± 27.49 Wilcoxon p = 5.577 × 10−7 (****) |
122.14 ± 36.28 87.50 ± 33.27 Wilcoxon p = 4.606 × 10−8 (****) |
0.37 ± 0.10 0.30 ± 0.10 Wilcoxon p = 6.227 × 10−6 (****) |
0.2 ± 0.003 0.20 ± 0.02 Wilcoxon p = 0.6781 (NS) |