Isolates 3rd day 5th day 10th day Dosage U LD RD HD U LD RD HD U LD RD HD MT APF1 8.50 - - - 9.00 - - - 9.00 74.4 - - MT HE 02 9.00 85.0 86.6 87.7 9.00 64.4 67.7 85.0 9.00 60.3 62.3 76.1 MT C2 03 3.50 48.2 54.9 - 4.55 47.4 54.0 69.2 8.10 40.0 52.8 65.8 MT KH 04 9.00 86.6 88.8 89.9 9.00 83.3 87.7 87.7 9.00 75.4 82.4 84.4

Table 3: Effect of botanical fungicide (Expel) on in vitro growth of Macrophoma spp. Means of 5 replicates and four different isolates. *(-) no growth *the values indicate percentage inhibition *the values of untreated are indicated in centimeters. U: Untreated, LD: Low Dose, RD: Recommended Dose and HD: High Dose.