2.8. Data analysis
Data on the effects of the extracts on pathogen in-vitro radial
growth, conidia germination rate, soft rot disease severity, pH and
Bx of the fruits, were subjected to analysis of variance (ANOVA)
and means were separated by Tukey's HSD post-hoc test (P ¼ 0.05).
Since no significant experiment effects were recorded, data from
repeated experiments were combined for the analysis. The
normality of distributions and homogeneity of variance between
groups were verified with KolmogoroveSmirnov and Bartlett's
tests, respectively. The percentage data were arcsine root square
transformed before undergoing statistical analysis; nontransformed
means are presented.