TABLE 2.
Evaluation for S. rochei against grain mold pathogens under glasshouse conditions.
| Treatments | Grain mold rating (1–9 scale) |
Disease severity |
Yield parameters |
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| Field grade | Thresh grade | Field | Thresh | 100 seed weight (g) | Weight of the individual panicle (g) | |
| Seed treatment | 4.89 | 4.72 | 54.33e | 52.44f | 2.69 | 50.24 |
| Seedling dipping | 4.01 | 3.89 | 44.55d | 43.22e | 2.70 | 57.41 |
| Foliar spraying | 3.78 | 3.45 | 42.00d | 38.33d | 2.78 | 60.24 |
| Seed treatment + seedling dipping | 3.44 | 3.21 | 38.22c | 35.66cd | 2.94 | 61.54 |
| Seedling dipping + Foliar spraying | 3.24 | 3.00 | 36.11c | 33.33bc | 3.24 | 63.65 |
| Seed treatment + Foliar spraying | 2.89 | 2.87 | 32.11b | 31.88b | 3.40 | 65.87 |
| Seed treatment + seedling dipping + Foliar spraying | 1.53 | 1.28 | 17.00a | 14.22a | 3.43 | 67.82 |
| Healthy (Untreated control) | 8.80 | 7.21 | 97.00f | 97.77g | 1.90 | 26.54 |
| SEd | 0.95 | 1.05 | 0.01 | 0.39 | ||
| CD | 2.03 | 2.25 | 0.03 | 0.84 | ||
Means in columns followed by same letters are not significantly different (p < 0.05) according to DMRT.