Isolates Time taken for initiation of sclerotial formation (Days) Average sclerotia diameter (mm) No. of sclerotia per Petridish
RS-1 4 1.24 Excellent
RS-2 5 1.21 Good
RS-3 3 2.38 Excellent
RS-4 4 1.65 Very good
RS-5 5 1.75 Excellent
RS-6 5 1.97 Excellent
RS-7 5 2.31 Very good
RS-8 5 1.75 Good
RS-9 5 2.21 Very good
RS-10 6 1.59 Excellent
RS-11 3 1.73 Excellent
RS-12 5 1.79 Good
RS-13 4 1.81 Very good
RS-14 5 2.01 Excellent
RS-15 4 2.12 Excellent
RS-16 5 1.46 Good
RS-17 4 2.94 Very good
RS-18 5 1.86 Good
RS-19 4 1.54 Good
RS-20 5 1.90 Excellent
RS-21 6 1.80 Excellent
RS-22 5 1.87 Excellent
RS- 23 5 2.18 Very good
RS-24 - -- No
RS-25 6 1.90 Very good
CD(P=0.05)   0.036  
Table 4: Sclerotial characteristics of different isolates of R. solani.