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Table 3 Effect of different concentrations of both Eruca sativa L. and Sinapis alba L. seed powder and herbicide Basamid on growth parameters of Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. at 80 days from transplanting. (average of the two seasons)

From: Evaluating the allelopathic potentiality of seed powder of two Brassicaceae plants in controlling Orobanche ramosa parasitizing Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. plants

Treatments

Growth parameters

Plant height (cm)

Root length (cm)

No. of leaves/plant

No. of branches/plant

Fresh weight of plant

Dry weight of plant

Shoot (g)

Root (g)

Shoot (g)

Root (g)

Healthy control

73.8

30.8

26.50

2.20

160.27

12.23

24.64

4.34

Infected control (I)*

45.3

19.9

13.75

1.25

62.53

5.91

9.48

2.09

(I) + Basamid 0.2 g/pot

62.3

29.5

23.90

2.17

153.83

11.98

23.63

4.24

(I) + Eruca sativa 5 g/kg soil

49.3

21.6

15.92

1.41

78.62

6.32

14.15

2.23

(I) + Eruca sativa 10 g/kg soil

52.4

25.8

18.32

1.84

125.18

8.61

18.96

3.04

(I) + Eruca sativa 15 g/kg soil

56.3

28.3

21.75

2.06

144.50

10.94

22.24

3.84

(I) + Eruca sativa 30 g/kg soil

71.0

32.5

31.03

2.57

188.10

14.38

28.90

5.18

(I) + Eruca sativa 45 g/kg soil

77.0

35.5

37.06

3.11

230.81

17.50

35.48

6.16

(I) + Sinapis alba 5 g/kg soil

49.1

20.3

14.08

1.32

73.27

6.15

13.89

2.17

(I) + Sinapis alba 10 g/kg soil

50.9

23.9

17.60

1.65

119.84

7.93

18.27

2.80

(I) + Sinapis alba 15 g/kg soil

54.6

27.6

20.10

1.97

139.07

9.88

21.37

3.61

(I) + Sinapis alba 30 g/kg soil

65.7

31.7

27.40

2.40

169.75

13.21

26.12

4.65

(I) + Sinapis alba 45 g/kg soil

77.1

34.9

34.02

2.92

227.98

15.46

35.05

5.45

LSD at 5%

2.8

0.8

2.46

0.24

6.65

1.60

2.23

0.37

  1. *I = infected control