Selection of Streptomyces against soil borne fungal pathogens by a standardized dual culture assay and evaluation of their effects on seed germination and plant growth

Table 1 Inhibition of pathogen mycelium growth based on timing of Streptomyces inoculation

		Day of Streptomyces inoculation^a	Mycelium growth inhibition (%)
		Day of Streptomyces inoculation^a	Sclerotinia sclerotiorum FW361	Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lactucae L74
Streptomyces strain	CMJ57I	0	58.43^b b^c	56.06 a
		−1	67.12 b	56.06 a
		−2	77.35 a	58.82 a
		−3	80.99 a	56.06 a
	CX14W	0	63.50 b	59.41 a
		−1	71.61 ab	55.71 a
		−2	74.65 a	55.88 a
		−3	74.57 a	60.29 a

^a Day 0 refers to the co-inoculation of the pathogen and Streptomyces, Days −1, −2 and −3 correspond to inoculation of Streptomyces 1, 2 or 3 days before the pathogen
^b mean value of mycelium growth inhibition
^c Tukey post-hoc test; mean values in a column with the same letters are not significantly different (P = 0.05)

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