Hey, really interesting read! I was going through the data and a few things made me scratch my head. Hope you don’t mind me asking for some clarification!
1. I noticed in Table 3 that Trichoderma harzianum WT15 absolutely crushed it in the lab with almost 80% pathogen inhibition. That’s way higher than the WT12 strain you focused on. I was just wondering why WT15 wasn’t picked for the big greenhouse experiment? It seems like it would have been a really strong candidate.
2. This one’s the big one for me. Looking at the disease data in Table 6, the combo of Trichoderma, Bacillus, and Aloe only got disease down to about 34%, which is pretty much the same as using just the Bacillus or Trichoderma alone. Since the numbers are so close, I’m curious how you’re defining “synergistic effect” here. Is there a statistical test that shows this combo is truly better, or is the main benefit maybe coming from just one of the agents?
3. I got a little confused by the Aloe vera data. In the abstract and one table, the inhibition is 60.51%, but then in the conclusion, it’s cited as 67.2%. Am I missing a different dataset, or is there a reason for that difference? Just wanted to make sure I was looking at the right numbers!