Essential Oils as Biocontrol Agents of Early and Late Blight Diseases of Tomato under Greenhouse Conditions
Table 9
Correlation between disease severity, growth, and yields of tomato plants.
Variables
Disease severity
Leaf number
Plant height
Branch number
Days to flowering
Fruit number
Fruit weight
Disease severity
−0.610
−0.869
−0.778
−0.657
−0.690
−0.945
Leaf number
−0.738
0.738
0.734
0.515
0.745
0.751
Plant height
−0.642
0.670
0.841
0.610
0.833
0.935
Branch number
−0.202
−0.260
−0.293
0.463
0.666
0.830
Days to flowering
0.013
−0.185
0.251
−0.173
0.629
0.746
Fruit number
−0.680
0.453
0.559
0.085
0.241
0.782
Fruit weight
−0.834
0.568
0.543
0.117
−0.042
0.579
Values in bold are different from 0 with a significance level alpha = 0.05. The upper and the lower values represent the effect of P. infestans and A. solani inoculation, respectively.