Table 7 Inhibition rates (%) of mycelial growth and spore germination of forest dried leaves aqueous extracts against two post-harvest fungal pathogens species after seven days of incubation.

Forest species	Aqueous extracts concentrations	Mycelial growth inhibition (%)		Spore germination inhibition (%)
Forest species	Aqueous extracts concentrations	C. gloeosporioides	A. alternata	C. gloeosporioides	A. alternata
E. globulus	80%	67 ± 0.04a^a	80 ± 0.09a	100 ± 0.00a	99.33 ± 0.03a
	60%	64 ± 0.07b	59 ± 0.10b	92.67 ± 0.01b	94.67 ± 0.11a
	30%	54 ± 0.07c	49 ± 0.02c	56 ± 0.12c	44 ± 0.15b
E. globulus	80%	67 ± 0.04a^a	80 ± 0.09a	100 ± 0.00a	99.33 ± 0.03a
	60%	64 ± 0.07b	59 ± 0.10b	92.67 ± 0.01b	94.67 ± 0.11a
	30%	54 ± 0.07c	49 ± 0.02c	56 ± 0.12c	44 ± 0.15b
	20%	33.38 ± 0.08d	38 ± 0.06d	45.33 ± 0.22d	36 ± 0.37c
	10%	13.68 ± 0.11e	22 ± 0.01e	26.33 ± 0.17e	17.33 ± 0.19d
P-value^b		< 0.01	< 0.01	< 0.01	< 0.01
P. lentiscus	80%	62 ± 0.09a	52 ± 0.04a	97.67 ± 0.08a	95.67 ± 0.11a
	60%	53 ± 0.07b	52 ± 0.09a	93 ± 0.06a	92.33 ± 0.13a
	30%	51 ± 0.11b	50 ± 0.05a	55.67 ± 0.08b	53.33 ± 0.17b
	20%	22 ± 0.18c	34 ± 0.02b	41 ± 0.05c	43.67 ± 0.22c
	10%	15 ± 0.22d	18 ± 0.07c	23.67 ± 0.09d	24.67 ± 0.04d
P-value		< 0.01	< 0.01	< 0.01	< 0.01
J. phoenicea	80%	40 ± 0.11a	47 ± 0.07a	95.67 ± 0.04a	98.33 ± 0.03a
	60%	31 ± 0.08b	39 ± 0.19b	92.67 ± 0.02a	92.67 ± 0.06a
	30%	30 ± 0.29b	27 ± 0.01c	51.33 ± 0.13b	48.67 ± 0.16b
	20%	21 ± 0.32c	24 ± 0.05d	34.67 ± 0.16c	37.33 ± 0.11c
	10%	10 ± 0.01d	14 ± 0.05e	22 ± 0.01c	22.33 ± 0.27d
P-value^b		< 0.01	< 0.01	< 0.01	< 0.01

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

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