Table 6 Mycelial growth Inhibition (%) and spore germination (%) rates of forest dried leaves essential oils against A. alternata and C. gloeosporioides after seven days of treatment.

Plant species	Essential oil concentrations (µl/ml)	Mycelial growth inhibition (%)		Spore germination inhibition (%)
Plant species	Essential oil concentrations (µl/ml)	C. gloeosporioides	A. alternata	C. gloeosporioides	A. alternata
E. globulus	4	78.37 ± 0.02a^a	72.86 ± 0.22a	100.00 ± 0.00a	100.00 ± 0.00a
	2	78.34 ± 0.01a	72.65 ± 0.21a	100.00 ± 0.00a	100.00 ± 0.00a
	1	63.22 ± 0.23ab	58.67 ± 0.09b	98.57 ± 0.05a	81.14 ± 1.50a
	0.5	31.15 ± 0.24 c	36.12 ± 0.11c	75.14 ± 0.01b	45.71 ± 1.93b
	0.25	19.12 ± 0.23 d	12.15 ± 0.14 d	49.57 ± 0.02c	32.57 ± 1.20b
	0.125	6.16 ± 0.01 d	7.23 ± 0.13d	31.42 ± 0.02c	22.58 ± 1.02c
P-value^b		< 0.01	< 0.01	< 0.01	< 0.01
P. lentiscus	4	71.23 ± 0.04a	62.23 ± 0.04a	98.57 ± 0.01a	95.24 ± 0.02a
	2	69.23 ± 0.04a	56.56 ± 0.12ab	95.00 ± 0.03a	94.08 ± 0.01a
	1	68.45 ± 0.06ab	49.38 ± 0.08	93.55 ± 0.09a	88.51 ± 0.08a
	0.5	28.32 ± 0.04c	24.11 ± 0.10c	76.16 ± 0.02b	65.14 ± 0.01ab
	0.25	18.2 ± 0.06c	12.26 ± 0.21c	58.75 ± 0.04b	49.27 ± 0.02b
	0.125	8.11 ± 0.12d	5.45 ± 0.13d	42.32 ± 0.03c	31.41 ± 0.02c
P-value		< 0.01	< 0.01	< 0.01	< 0.01
J. phoenicea	4	52.23 ± 0.04a	53.23 ± 0.04a	100.00 ± 0.00a	100.00 ± 0.00a
	2	43.56 ± 0.40ab	45.82 ± 0.04b	99.00 ± 0.02a	98.05 ± 0.05a
	1	39.11 ± 0.09b	39.67 ± 0.06c	98.05 ± 0.04a	88.57 ± 0.10ab
	0.5	25.10 ± 0.08c	27.83 ± 0.02c	84.19 ± 0.01b	78.14 ± 0.01b
	0.25	13.00 ± 0.02d	15.12 ± 0.03d	51.52 ± 0.02c	49.52 ± 0.02c
	0.125	00.00 ± 0.00e	1.52 ± 0.07d	38.42 ± 0.02c	33.34 ± 0.02c
P-value^b		< 0.01	< 0.01	< 0.01	< 0.01

Values are mean ± standard error of the mean for bioassay conducted in triplicates; ^a Tukey’s Test, values followed by different superscripts are significantly different at P ≤ 0.05; ^b Probabilities associated with individual F tests.

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