Table 3 Percentage inhibition of culture filtrates (CF) of (a) Trichoderma harzianum and (b) Bacillus subtilis on radial growth of Fusarium oxysporum. In each column, significantly different values by Tukey’s HSD test (p < 0.05) are marked by different lowercase letters. Values are depicted with standard deviation for n = 3.

From: Development of next-generation formulation against Fusarium oxysporum and unraveling bioactive antifungal metabolites of biocontrol agents

Incubation days

Percentage inhibition

10% CF

20% CF

30% CF

40% CF

(a)

1

2.73 ± 0.62a

10.66 ± 0.78ab

11.23 ± 1.02a

18.64 ± 0.71a

2

4.83 ± 0.43b

10.68 ± 0.58a

15.27 ± 1.13b

22.37 ± 0.47ab

3

5.22 ± 0.59b

12.54 ± 0.78b

18.82 ± 0.65c

26.62 ± 0.63bc

4

5.64 ± 0.92b

14.6 ± 0.71c

20.99 ± 0.67c

30.62 ± 0.9 cd

5

6.29 ± 0.55b

16 ± 0.34 cd

25.55 ± 0.91d

35.57 ± 1.21d

6

8.92 ± 0.77c

17.21 ± 0.53d

28.57 ± 0.71e

38.35 ± 0.68d

7

10.69 ± 0.85c

19.41 ± 0.87e

37.42 ± 0.86f

44.66 ± 1.12e

(b)

1

3.25 ± 0.62a

11.81 ± 0.62a

15.58 ± 0.92a

25.52 ± 0.57a

2

3.88 ± 0.25ab

14.22 ± 0.68ab

15.93 ± 0.57b

26.52 ± 1.27a

3

4.7 ± 0.43bc

16.66 ± 0.39b

19.6 ± 0.41b

32.87 ± 1.76b

4

5.48 ± 0.72c

17.95 ± 0.82 cd

21.25 ± 0.52b

37.69 ± 0.97c

5

7.67 ± 0.45d

19.2 ± 1.32cde

28.35 ± 1.88c

39.74 ± 1.07c

6

9.85 ± 0.42e

20.42 ± 1de

32.21 ± 1.41d

47.61 ± 1.3d

7

11.2 ± 0.36f

22.12 ± 1.91e

40.77 ± 1.23e

58.51 ± 1.26e