Table 3 Disease assessment of sorghum seedlings infected with Fusarium solani in response to treating with lavender essential oil at different concentrations.
Treatment** | Seedling mortality (%) | Survival plants (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Seed rot | Pre-emergence damping-off | Post-emergence damping-off | ||
C | 3.0 ± 0.4bc | 3.7 ± 0.6d | 0.7 ± 0.05c | 92.6 ± 2.1c |
P | 14.7 ± 1.2a | 55.0 ± 4.8a | 22.3 ± 3.3a | 8.0 ± 1.0f |
P + F | 2.7 ± 0.3c | 8.0 ± 0.9c | 7.3 ± 1.3b | 82.0 ± 1.7d |
EO1.0 | 2.7 ± 0.5c | 1.3 ± 0.3de | 0.0c | 96.0 ± 2.3b |
EO1.25 | 0.7 ± 0.03d | 0.0e | 0.0c | 99.3 ± 0.1a |
EO1.5 | 0.0d | 0.0e | 0.0c | 100 ± 0.0a |
P + EO1.0 | 4.7 ± 0.5b | 13.0 ± 1.7b | 10.0 ± 1.5b | 72.3 ± 1.1e |
P + EO1.25 | 3.3 ± 0.6bc | 9.0 ± 1.3c | 8.3 ± 0.9b | 79.4 ± 2.3d |
P + EO1.5 | 3.0 ± 0.3bc | 7.7 ± 1.1c | 7.0 ± 0.6b | 82.3 ± 3.8d |