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Table 1 Effect of pea seed powder on the dry weight of weeds (g/pot) associated wheat plants at 40DAS and at harvest

From: Allelopathic potential of the pea seed powder as natural herbicide for controlling weeds infested wheat plants

Treatments

P. sativum powder g/pot

Chard

Canarygrass

40 DAS

At harvest

40 DAS

At harvest

At sowing

1 week before sowing

Mean

At sowing

1 week before sowing

Mean

At sowing

1 week before sowing

Mean

At sowing

1 week before sowing

Mean

Wheat + chard + canarygrass

0

2.323

2.486

2.405

32.900

35.100

34.000

1.566

2.183

1.875

58.733

54.340

56.537

Wheat only

0

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

Wheat + chard + canarygrass + pea seed powder

20

1.807

1.030

1.419

25.733

18.500

22.117

1.200

0.716

0.958

42.933

33.860

38.397

40

0.451

0.204

0.328

21.166

14.771

17.969

0.816

0.166

0.491

29.666

23.995

26.831

60

0.252

0.171

0.212

19.300

12.000

15.650

0.350

0.156

0.253

20.077

15.500

17.789

80

0.201

0.162

0.182

12.513

9.833

11.173

0.283

0.131

0.207

15.310

11.253

13.282

100

0.193

0.100

0.147

9.400

5.766

7.583

0.193

0.111

0.152

11.266

9.333

10.300

Mean

0.746

0.593

 

17.280

13.710

 

0.629

0.494

 

25.426

21.83

 

LSD at 5%

A = 0.041 B = 0.065

AB = 0.092

A = 0.289 B = 0.663

AB = 0.938

A = 0.017 B = 0.064

AB = 0.090

A = 0.240 B = 0.111

AB = 1.563