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Table 2 Effect of dry powder plant materials on growth parameters of pea plants, artificially infected by Fusarium solani in pots, under greenhouse conditions

From: Application of dry powders of six plant species, as soil amendments, for controlling Fusarium solani and Meloidogyne incognita on pea in pots

Treatments¹ (dry powder)	Plant growth parameters								Pods parameters (g)
	Shoot parameters						Root fresh weight (g)
	Length (cm)		Fresh weight (g)		Dry weight (g)				Fresh weight		Dry weight
	cm	Inc.%	g	Inc.%	g	Inc.%	g	Inc.%	g	Inc.%	g	Inc.%
Caraway seeds	47.2d²	11	16.8de	4	4.8d	46	3.4b	31	5.9cd	60	3.1c	35
Fennel seeds	48.9cd	15	17.6ed	9	5.7c	73	3.6ab	39	5.9cd	60	3.2c	39
Garlic gloves	51.6b	21	18.5bc	15	6.8b	106	3.7ab	42	6.3c	70	3.7bc	61
Onion bulb	50.8b	19	20.0b	24	7.5a	127	3.8ab	46	7.0b	89	4.3ab	87
Pomegranate peel	53.2a	25	21.6a	34	7.7a	133	4.1a	58	7.8a	110	4.4a	91
Spearmint leaves	49.4c	16	17.8cde	11	6.6b	100	3.4b	31	5.9cd	60	3.5c	52
F. solani alone	42.6e	–	16.1e	–	3.3e	–	2.6c	–	3.7e	–	2.3d	–

¹All treatments were done with artificial infection by F. solani alone
²Means followed by small letter are not significant according to Duncan's Multiple Range Test at p ≤ 0.05

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