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Table 4 Effect of dry powder plant materials on growth parameters of pea plants, artificially infected by M. incognita 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)

Shoot parameters

     

Root fresh weight

 

Pods weight

   
 

Length

 

Fresh weight

 

Dry weight

   

Fresh

 

Dry

 
 

cm

Inc.%

g

Inc.%

g

Inc.%

g

Inc.%

g

Inc.%

g

Inc.%

Caraway seeds

48.8bc2

10

17.9d

9

3.4c

17

3.2cd

14

5.8e

71

3.2cd

23

Fennel seeds

50.6b

14

18.2cd

11

3.6bc

24

4.1a

46

6.3de

85

4.1b

58

Garlic gloves

52.1b

18

19.1c

16

3.9b

35

4.0ab

43

7.1bc

109

4.7b

81

Onion bulb

53.2b

20

20.4b

24

4.5a

55

3.8ab

36

7.8ab

129

5.0a

92

Pomegranate peel

56.0a

26

22.3a

36

4.6a

59

3.9ab

39

8.2a

141

5.3a

104

Spearmint leaves

50.6b

14

18.8cd

15

3.7bc

28

3.6bc

29

6.7cd

97

3.9bc

50

M. incognita alone

44.3c

16.4e

2.9d

2.8d

3.4f

2.6d

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