eedling infection byF. oxysporumwas recorded
every day and the cumulative numbers of the infected
plants were recorded from the day of transplantation
until 56 d. Disease incidence was calculated as the percentage of diseased plants over the total number of
growing plants in each block. In addition, three plants
were randomly sampled from each treatment at harvest
time, and their dry weights, heights and stem girths
were measured.