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Table 3 Effect of different rates of both Eruca sativa and Sinapis alba seed powder and herbicide Basamid on growth parameters of Pisum sativum at 55 days after sowing (combined analysis of two seasons)

From: The dual allelopathic capacity of two Brassicaceae plants’ seed powder in controlling Orobanche crenata infesting Pisum sativum as well as stimulating its growth and yield

Treatments

Growth parameters

Shoot height of plant (cm)

Root length (cm)

No. of leaves/plant

No. of branches/plant

F.W. of plant (g)

D.W. of plant (g)

Pisum sativum (P.)

57.8

13.3

13.2

1.55

9.20

4.03

Pisum sativum (P.) + Orobanche crenata (O.)

45.0

8.8

10.1

1.11

5.65

1.59

P. + O. + Basamid at 0.2 g/pot

57.3

12.3

13.0

1.53

9.02

3.69

P. + O. + Eruca sativa (E.) at 12.5 g/kg soil

69.3

17.5

14.7

1.74

13.68

5.05

P. + O. + E. at 25 g/kg soil

63.3

14.2

14.0

1.65

11.04

4.79

P. + O. + E. at 37.5 g/kg soil

55.3

11.5

12.8

1.35

8.68

3.52

P. + O. + E. at 50 g/kg soil

54.5

11.2

12.5

1.29

8.32

3.46

P. + O. + Sinapis alba (S.) at 12.5 g/kg soil

63.8

16.0

14.6

1.69

12.79

4.90

P. + O. + S. at 25 g/kg soil

59.7

14.0

13.7

1.58

9.54

4.60

P. + O. + S. at 37.5 g/kg soil

50.5

9.8

12.1

1.21

7.15

2.94

P. + O. + S. at 50 g/kg soil

45.8

9.0

11.5

1.19

7.02

2.90

LSD at 5%

1.71

1.52

1.14

0.17

1.44

0.86

  1. P. Pisum sativum, O. Orobanche crenata, E. Eruca sativa, S. Sinapis alba