Table 2 Effect of soil application with Trichoderma spp. and seed coating with thiophanate-methyl employed either alone or in combination on vegetative growth parameter of dry bean plants grown in soil artificially infested with each of Fusarium solani and Fusarium oxysporum under greenhouse conditions

Treatment

Root length (cm)

Shoot length (cm)

No. of leaves/plant

Plant fresh weight (g)

Plant dry weight (g)

 Thiophanate-methyl + T. harzianum

17.2 b

43.7 b

6.7 b

15.2 b

2.43 c

 Thiophanate-methyl + T. viride

16.5 c

44.0 b

8.3 a

14.1 c

3.43 a

 Thiophanate-methyl + T. virens

19.7 a

45.2 a

6.8 b

16.4 a

2.98 b

 T. harzianum

15.5 e

43.0 c

5.7 d

12.5 e

2.38 e

 T. viride

14.8 f

41.2 d

5.7 d

11.6 f

1.95 f

 T. virens

16.0 d

39.8 e

6.2 c

12.7 d

2.39 d

 Thiophanate-methyl

14.0 g

38.7 f

5.5 e

11.5 g

1.94 g

 Pathogen only

13.7 h

33.3 g

4.8 f

10.8 h

1.55 h

Treatment

Root length (cm)

Shoot length (cm)

No. of leaves /plant

Plant fresh weight (g)

Plant dry weight (g)

 Thiophanate-methyl + T. harzianum

21.1 b

43.7 a

7.7 a

37.7 b

5.35 a

 Thiophanate-methyl + T. viride

20.8 c

41.2 c

7.3 b

38.1 a

4.89 c

 Thiophanate-methyl + T. virens

21.3 a

42.2 b

7.7 a

36.6 c

5.17 b

 T. harzianum

18.7 e

42.0 b

6.5 d

25.1 f

4.63 d

 T. viride

18.8 e

42.2 b

6.8 c

30.3 e

4.05 f

 T. virens

20.2 d

41.2 c

6.8 c

32.5 d

4.41 e

 Thiophanate-methyl

16.8 f

40.7 c

6.2 e

24.1 g

2.63 g

 Pathogen only

15.7 g

30.0 d

5.2 f

14.8 h

2.24 h