The effectiveness of the 3 bacterial isolates, 9A-14, 8D-45, and
8B-1, and their peat and talc formulations was also investigated as
seed treatments in suppressing seedling damping-off and root rot
of cucumber. Cucumber seeds were soaked in the bacterial suspensions
(5 × 108 CFU/mL) for 2 h, air-dried in a laminar flow hood,
and planted immediately in the infested peat mix. For talc and
peat formulations, cucumber seeds were wetted and mixed with
either talc or peat formulation and sown immediately in the infested
peat-based mix. Seeds soaked in SDW were used as control.
Cucumber seeds treated with metalaxyl 48% (10 mg/L) served as
the fungicide control.