Table 1.

Efficacy of kojic acid (KA; MW: 142.1 g/mol) and commercial fungicides carbendazim (MW: 191.2 g/mol), and prochloraz (MW: 376.7 g/mol) for the control of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in soybean pods.

Application	Antifungal agent	Concentration (mM)	Lesion length (mm)a	Significanceb
Preventive	KA	10	4.38 ± 0.58	ns
		20	2.13 ± 0.22	*
		50	0	-
	Carbendazim	20	2.07 ± 0.70	*
		50	0	-
	Prochloraz	20	2.75 ± 0.67	*
		50	0	-
	Control (water)	-	5.88 ± 0.95	-
Curative	KA	20	3.78 ± 0.42	*
		50	1.63 ± 0.27	***
	Carbendazim	20	3.85 ± 0.41	*
		50	1.88 ± 0.16	****
	Prochloraz	20	4.00 ± 0.39	*
		50	1.75 ± 0.17	****
	KA + Carbendazim	10 (KA), 10 (Carbendazim)	1.84 ± 0.28	***
	KA + Prochloraz	10 (KA), 10 (Prochloraz)	2.23 ± 0.82	*
	Carbendazim + Prochloraz	10 (Carbendazim), 10 (Prochloraz)	2.43 ± 0.50	**
	KA + Carbendazim + Prochloraz	10 (KA), 10 (Carbendazim), 10 (Prochloraz)	0.96 ± 0.35	****
	Control (water)	-	4.83 ± 0.14	-

^aLesion length (n = 60) ± SD.

^bSignificance levels: ^*p < 0.05; ^**p < 0.01; ^***p < 0.001; ^****p < 0.0001; and no significance (ns).