Figure 7.

Biocontrol potential of Aspergillus spp. on white mold disease under greenhouse conditions. Bean seeds dressed with A. japonicus and A. niger spores, sown in S. sclerotiorum-infested soil were scouted for visual symptoms after one month of sowing. (A) Disease incidence (DI) and disease severity index (DS) percentages of white mold disease on Aspergillus- or iprodione-treated and untreated beans. Results were statistically analyzed using one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s post hoc HSD test. Values are the mean of five independent replicates and vertical bars are the standard deviations. Asterisks (***) denote significance between treatments and untreated control at p = 0.05, while (ns) refers to the lack of significance among treatments. (B) Symptomatic beans suffering white mold disease versus healthy and bioagent-treated bean plants. Representative pictures of one replicate; other two replicates showed the same phenotype.