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Table 4 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 100 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

83.8

40.5

30.92

2.75

189.15

13.42

31.08

6.74

Infected control (I)*

56.5

28.1

15.25

1.55

71.43

6.17

12.39

3.46

(I) + Basamid 0.2 g/pot

70.2

40.3

29.30

2.71

181.52

13.15

29.91

5.93

(I) + Eruca sativa 5 g/kg soil

60.2

29.6

16.95

1.83

89.63

7.50

14.98

4.11

(I) + Eruca sativa 10 g/kg soil

62.4

35.5

21.60

2.26

138.21

9.54

22.47

4.65

(I) + Eruca sativa 15 g/kg soil

67.3

37.3

26.85

2.65

169.72

11.67

28.09

5.79

(I) + Eruca sativa 30 g/kg soil

75.8

41.7

36.34

3.25

230.96

15.53

37.52

8.28

(I) + Eruca sativa 45 g/kg soil

88.7

48.3

41.50

3.65

271.36

18.27

41.71

9.58

(I) + Sinapis alba 5 g/kg soil

58.8

29.2

15.64

1.79

82.84

6.83

14.81

3.92

(I) + Sinapis alba 10 g/kg soil

61.6

34.3

20.40

2.10

134.51

8.93

20.72

4.25

(I) + Sinapis alba 15 g/kg soil

64.7

37.0

24.53

2.35

165.84

11.44

26.53

5.35

(I) + Sinapis alba 30 g/kg soil

73.1

40.7

33.50

2.85

214.32

14.50

33.95

7.67

(I) + Sinapis alba 45 g/kg soil

85.5

44.0

38.00

3.62

267.05

17.19

41.05

8.82

LSD at 5%

3.7

2.3

2.65

0.26

4.86

1.75

2.36

0.72

  1. *I = infected control