Table 5 Effect of Ficus nitida leaf powder on yield components of Vicia faba plants associated with Phalaris minor at harvest (average of the two seasons)
Treatments | Yield components of Vicia faba | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plants | Concentrations of Ficus nitida (g/kg soil) | No. of pods/plant | Wt. of pods/plant (g) | Length of pod (cm) | No. of seeds/pod | Wt. of seeds/plant (g) | Wt. of seeds/10 pods (g) | Wt. of 100 seeds (g) |
Vicia faba only | – | 6.8 | 12.16 | 8.70 | 3.71 | 10.32 | 24.16 | 74.15 |
Vicia faba + Phalaris minor | – | 3.5 | 6.69 | 4.70 | 1.92 | 5.15 | 9.24 | 62.18 |
10 | 6.1 | 10.97 | 7.40 | 3.15 | 9.45 | 19.41 | 71.36 | |
20 | 7.7 | 17.47 | 10.90 | 4.21 | 14.58 | 32.86 | 82.27 | |
30 | 7.4 | 15.26 | 10.60 | 4.00 | 12.81 | 29.16 | 78.54 | |
40 | 7.0 | 12.81 | 10.00 | 3.74 | 10.46 | 27.22 | 74.98 | |
50 | 5.8 | 9.57 | 6.20 | 2.81 | 8.19 | 17.56 | 69.75 | |
60 | 4.7 | 7.88 | 5.80 | 2.43 | 6.11 | 12.23 | 68.96 | |
LSD at 5% | 0.87 | 1.61 | 0.97 | 0.80 | 1.71 | 1.70 | 2.20 | |