Table 5 Effect of Trichoderma spp. alone or in combination with Chlorella vulgaris extract on maize plant growth characters under infested and un-infested soil with Cephalosporium maydis
Treatment | Plant’s vigor | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Un-infested soil | Infested soil | |||
Plant height (cm) | Plant dry weight (g) | Plant height (cm) | Plant dry weight (g) | |
T. harzianum (Th) | 90.4 ± 0.24j | 38.4 ± 0.24h | 83.6 ± 0.24j | 33.4 ± 0.24i |
T. viride (Tv) | 88.2 ± 0.20k | 36.4 ± 0.24i | 84.0 ± 0.54j | 31.4 ± 0.24j |
T. virens (Tvs) | 91.6 ± 0.24i | 40.4 ± 0.24g | 88.4 ± 0.24h | 33.8 ± 0.20hi |
T. koningii (Tk) | 93.4 ± 0.24g | 41.4 ± 0.24f | 87.4 ± 0.24i | 34.2 ± 0.20h |
Cool extract + Th | 103.4 ± 0.24d | 50.2 ± 0.20c | 100.6 ± 0.40d | 43.4 ± 0.24d |
Cool extract + Tv | 100.0 ± 0.54f | 50.4 ± 0.24c | 100.8 ± 0.37d | 44.4 ± 0.24c |
Cool extract + Tvs | 119.6 ± 0.24a | 58.4 ± 0.24a | 103.6 ± 0.24b | 49.4 ± 0.24b |
Cool extract + Tk | 118.0 ± 0.31b | 58.4 ± 0.24a | 106.4 ± 0.24a | 50.6 ± 0.24a |
Hot extract + Th | 103.8 ± 0.20d | 50.8 ± 0.37c | 96.0 ± 0.31f | 42.6 ± 0.24e |
Hot extract + Tv | 101.4 ± 0.40e | 50.4 ± 0.24c | 97.2 ± 0.20e | 43.0 ± 0.31de |
Hot extract + Tvs | 115.8 ± 0.20c | 55.4 ± 0.24b | 102.2 ± 0.20c | 49.4 ± 0.24b |
Hot extract + Tk | 116.4 ± 0.24c | 55.6 ± 0.24b | 102.8 ± 0.20c | 49.6 ± 0.24b |
Cool extract | 93.6 ± 0.24g | 44.4 ± 0.24d | 88.6 ± 0.24h | 35.0 ± 0.44g |
Hot extract | 92.6 ± 0.24h | 43.4 ± 0.24e | 90.6 ± 0.24g | 37.6 ± 0.24f |
Control | 78.4 ± 0.24l | 33.8 ± 0.37j | 60.4 ± 0.24k | 24.2 ± 0.20k |