Greenhouse Experiments
The trials were carried out in the greenhouse of Department of Botany, University College. The formulated effective
antagonist Trichodermaharzianum was added to infested soil in pots (30 cm in diameter) at the same time or two
weeks before planting (1% w/w). Fungal pathogen suspensions containing 108conidia/ml were added to 30 cm
diameter pots. The experiment was repeated twice in growing seasons of 2011 and 2012. Three replicates were used,
each replicate consisted of three pots and each pot contains 5plants. Disease rating recorded as described before.
Indofil M-45(Mancozeb) a chemical fungicide was employed as positive control. The plants sprayed with sterilized
water and conidial suspension of A. sesami was served as control