Table 2 Soil fumigation efficacy on numbers of Meloidogyne spp. recovered from 100 g of soil, colony-forming units (cfu) Fusarium spp. and Phytophthora spp. on selective media of 1 g from soil after fumigation, respectively.

From: Assessment of the potential of a reduced dose of dimethyl disulfide plus metham sodium on soilborne pests and cucumber growth

Site

Treatmenta

Rate

Meloidogyne spp.

Fusarium spp.

Phytophthora spp.

(g a.i. m−2)

No./100 g

% reduction

cfu/g

% reduction

cfu/g

% reduction

Trial one, 2012

DMDS

60

28cb

91.5

38c

91.3

953bc

76.5

MNa

42

114b

65.5

156b

64.2

1820b

55.1

DMDS + MNa

30 + 21

46c

86.1

28c

93.6

560 cd

86.2

MB

40

24c

92.7

0d

100

30d

99.3

Untreated

/

194a

/

436a

/

4053a

/

Trial two, 2013

DMDS

60

38bc

88.5

2570ab

53.4

2178b

70.4

MNa

42

101b

69.4

1492b

73.0

1778b

75.8

DMDS + MNa

30 + 21

34bc

89.7

1103b

80.0

1392bc

81.1

MB

40

13c

96.1

342c

93.8

880c

88.0

Untreated

/

330a

/

5515a

/

7350a

/

  1. aAbbreviations: DMDS = dimethyl disulfide; MNa = metam sodium; MB = methyl bromide.
  2. bIn each column, data are means of three repeats. Means followed by the same letter are not different (P = 0.05) according to the LSD test.