Table 9 Percentages of increase of vegetative parameters and yield of cowpea infected by root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita, as affected by three fungal filtrates from Beauveria bassiana, Metarhiziam aniisopliae, and Paecilomyces lilacinus
Treatments | Dilution | % shoot parameter increases | % root weight parameter increases | % pod parameter increases | % mean total percentages of plant growth and yield increases | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Length | Fresh weight | Dry Weight | Fresh | Dry | No. | Weight | |||
Beauveria bassiana | S | 17.3 | 49.0 | 65.7 | 90.0 | 50.0 | 33.3 | 31.0 | 48.0 |
S/2 | 17.1 | 41.8 | 62.9 | 42.0 | 44.4 | 33.3 | 7.0 | 34.5 | |
S/4 | 9.6 | 29.8 | 42.9 | 36.0 | 33.3 | 00.0 | 3.0 | 22.1 | |
Metarhiziam aniisopliae | S | 24.1 | 58.4 | 94.3 | 114.0 | 66.7 | 66.7 | 55.2 | 68.5 |
S/2 | 23.1 | 50.3 | 90.0 | 78.0 | 55.6 | 66.7 | 51.7 | 59.3 | |
S/4 | 12.3 | 38.0 | 31.4 | 32.0 | 44.4 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 36.4 | |
Paecilomyces lilacinus | S | 27.0 | 56.6 | 103.0 | 56.0 | 66.7 | 66.7 | 86.2 | 66.0 |
S/2 | 13.8 | 42.1 | 102.8 | 40.0 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 48.3 | 44.8 | |
S/4 | 12.7 | 23.0 | 45.7 | 36.0 | 16.7 | 33.3 | 24.1 | 27.4 | |
Untreated (control) | – | 00.0 | 00.0 | 00.0 | 00.0 | 00.0 | 00.0 | 00.0 | 00.0 |