Table 1 Effects of silicon fertilization on bacterial blight development in rice leaves in hydroponic and soil-cultured experiments.

From: The role of silicon in enhancing resistance to bacterial blight of hydroponic- and soil-cultured rice

Treatments

Highest disease level

Severity index

Efficiency (%)

Hydroponic experiment

 −Si

9

66.1 ± 5.7a

–

 −Si + Si

5

31.0 ± 1.1c

52.8 ± 5.2

 +Si

5

24.6 ± 4.4d

62.9 ± 4.8

Soil-cultured experiment

 −Si

9

95.19 ± 3.26a

–

 +Si

9

72.04 ± 9.32b

25.0 ± 8.7

  1. Data are means + SD of three replicates.
  2. Note: The different letters in the same column indicate significance at the 0.05 level.
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