Table 6. Disease progress adjusted with the monomolecular equation, for charcoal base rot (Ustulina deusta) in oil palm in the Atlantic coast of Costa Rica.

Harvesting
lot
Material Year of
planting
Evaluation
period
Initial
incidence
yi
Final
incidence
yf
Growth
rate
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1 Deli x AVROS 1981 MAR 89 - AUG 91 0.012 0.194 1.21
2 Deli x AVROS 1976 MAR 89 - JUL 91 0.012 0.273 1.76
3 Deli x AVROS 1976 FEB 89 - NOV 91 0.009 0.278 1.42
4 Deli x AVROS 1981 MAR 89 - OCT 91 0.024 0.347 1.56
5 Deli x AVROS 1976 MAR 89 - NOV 91 0.043 0.391 1.33