Effect of some physiological and environmental factors on white mold of cucumber caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and its control by some bioagents [electronic resource].

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Physiological and environmental factors have the most important effect on cucumber white mold development. The disease increased with increasing sclerotial number in soil. The best method for artificial infection with the pathogen was adding sclerotia to the soil followed by sclerotia + mycelia, but rotted plant wastes caused low infection. Disease incidence was not affected by soil type. Sclerotial inoculation of the pathogen two weeks before planting caused more infected plants than the inoculation at the same time of planting. More apothecia were produced in pots with sclerotia placed at 0-3 cm than those buried deeper.

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