Treatment

Fumonisin

concentration (µgkg−1)

“Inoculating T. pseudokoningii strain 5 alone”

6.90a

“Inoculating T. harzianum strain 2 alone”

6.88a

“Inoculating pathogen before T. harzianum strain 2”

6.13ab

“Inoculating T. pseudokoningii strain 2 alone”

5.99ab

“Inoculating pathogen before T. pseudokoningii strain 5”

5.97ab

“Inoculating T. pseudokoningii strain 5 before pathogen”

5.80ab

“Inoculating T. hamatum and pathogen simultaneously”

5.41ab

“Inoculating pathogen alone”

5.40ab

“Inoculating sterile toothpick alone”

5.30ab

“Inoculating T. harzianum strain 2 and pathogen simultaneously”

5.20ab

“Inoculating pathogen before T. hamatum”

5.04abc

“Inoculating T. pseudokoningii strain 2 before pathogen”

4.69bcd

“Inoculating T. hamatum before pathogen”

4.52bcde

“Inoculating T. pseudokoningii strain 2 and pathogen simultaneously”

4.35bcde

“Inoculating pathogen before T. pseudokoningii strain 2”

4.30bcde

“Inoculating T. harzianum strain 2 before pathogen”

2.91cde

“Inoculating T. pseudokoningii strain 5 and pathogen simultaneously”

2.69de

“Inoculating T. hamatum alone”

2.48e

LSD0.01

2.16

Where:

P = Fusarium verticillioides