Aspergillus flavus YRB2 from Thymelaea hirsuta (L.) Endl., a non-aflatoxigenic endophyte with ability to overexpress defense-related genes against Fusarium root rot of maize

Table 4 Disease severity of maize plants infected with Fusarium root rot in response to colonization with endophytic Aspergillus flavus YRB2 at 45 days post infection*

Treatment	Disease incidence (%)	Disease severity (%)	Reduction (%)
C	0.0^c	0.0^c	0.0^b
P	100.0 ± 0.2^a	78.3 ± 2.4^a	0.0^b
E	0.0^c	0.0^c	0.0^b
P + E	67.6 ± 1.5^b	20.8 ± 1.7^b	73.4 ± 3.1^a

*In each column, values followed by the same letter are not significantly different according to Tukey’s HSD test (p ≤ 0.05), each value represents the mean of five replicates ± SD. Where, C: non-colonized with A. flavus YRB2 and uninfected with F. solani, P: non-colonized with A. flavus YRB2 and infected with F. solani, E: uninfected with F. solani and colonized with A. flavus YRB2, and P + E: infected with F. solani and colonized with A. flavus YRB2

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