Isolation and characterization of antagonistic Paenibacillus polymyxa HX-140 and its biocontrol potential against Fusarium wilt of cucumber seedlings

Table 3 Antifungal activity of strain HX-140 in dual cultures

Fungal pathogens	Diameter of the fungal colony in the test group (mm) ^a	Inhibition rate (%) ^b
Fusarium oxysporum Schl.	18.75 ± 0.73 e	79.2 ± 0.8 a
Fusarium lini Boll.	31.00 ± 0.38 bc	65.6 ± 0.4 cd
Colletotrichum lini West.	28.63 ± 0.38 d	68.2 ± 0.4 b
Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Penz.	29.88 ± 0.55 cd	66.8 ± 0.6bc
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Lib.	31.94 ± 0.71 b	64.5 ± 0.8 d
Phytophthora capsici Leon.	34.38 ± 0.46 a	61.8 ± 0.5 e
Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn	30.38 ± 0.68 bc	66.3 ± 0.8 cd

^{a, b} Data are mean ± standard error. Different letters are significantly different according to Duncan’s multiple range test (P < 0.05)

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