Table 4 Effect of soil application with Trichoderma spp. and seed coating with thiophanate-methyl employed either alone or in combination on growth parameters and yield components of dry bean grown under field condition

Treatment

Shoot fresh weight (g)

No. of Branches/plant

No. of pods/plant

Pod weight (g)

Weight of 100 seeds (g)

Seed weight (g)

 Thiophanate-methyl + T. harzianum

24.5 ab

3.6 ab

6.2 c

2.99 c

38.40 d

0.38 d

 Thiophanate-methyl + T. viride

22.1 ab

3.4 abc

8.2 b

3.44 b

44.16 a

0.44 a

 Thiophanate-methyl + T. virens

28.8 a

4.2 a

9.0 a

3.35 a

44.14 a

0.44 a

 T. harzianum

14.0 cd

2.2 c

6.2 c

2.23 f

34.93 e

0.35 e

 T. viride

20.4 bc

4.0 a

5.8 c

2.47 e

40.35 c

0.40 c

 T. virens

21.5 ab

3.0 abc

5.8 c

2.85 d

43.41 b

0.43 b

 Thiophanate-methyl

11.8 d

2.7 bc

2.9 d

1.88 g

31.22 f

0.31 f

 Control

10.8 d

2.1 c

2.7 d

1.32 h

27.28 g

0.27 g

Treatment

Shoot fresh weight (g)

No. of Branches/plant

No. of pods/plant

Pod weight (g)

Weight of 100 seeds (g)

Seed weight (g)

 Thiophanate-methyl + T. harzianum

32.8 b

4.6 ab

8.8 b

3.14 b

43.99 c

0.44 c

 Thiophanate-methyl + T. viride

37.6 ab

5.2 a

9.2 b

3.07 c

50.11 b

0.50 b

 Thiophanate-methyl + T. virens

45.6 a

5.2 a

12.0 a

3.25 a

50.50 a

0.51 a

 T. harzianum

17.5 c

3.4 bcd

9.1 b

1.96 f

37.24 f

0.37 e

 T. viride

18.3 c

3.0 cd

7.6 c

2.58 d

41.41 d

0.41 d

 T. virens

23.4 c

4.0 abc

6.5 d

2.19 e

38.90 e

0.39 d

 Thiophanate-methyl

14.4 c

2.8 cd

2.8 e

1.99 g

30.71 g

0.31 f

 Control

14.0 c

2.0 d

2.6 e

1.42 h

28.56 h

0.29 g