Table 3 Effect of 7 mM lactic acid on tobacco black shank.

From: Lactic acid induced defense responses in tobacco against Phytophthora nicotianae

Treatments

The average length of lesions size (cm)

The disease index

The relative control effect (%)

DW + P.nic

7.86 ± 0.38

68.00 ± 2.30

LA + P.nic

6.23 ± 0.26

57.60 ± 1.05

16.04 ± 1.51

  1. Data (mean ± SD, n = 15) followed by the different letters among treatments indicate significant differences at p < 0.05.