Disease measurements
Symptom development was evaluated daily until the
fourth day, then at 7, 10, 14, 21, 30 and 45 days after transplanting.
A six point rating scale (0–5) modified from
Winstead and Kelman (1952) was used, where: 0 = no wilt
symptoms, 1 = one leaf wilted, 2 = two or more leaves