Table 6 Effect of Trichoderma spp. alone or in combination with Chlorella vulgaris extract on yield of maize plants grown under field conditions
Treatment | Maize plants grown under field conditions | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Av. weight of ears/plot (g) | Av. weight of grains/plot (g) | Av. weight of grains/plant (g) | |
T. harzianum (Th) | 2780.0 ± 14.4f | 1796.7 ± 2.66g | 227.0 ± 1.77de |
T. viride (Tv) | 2716.0 ± 10.5f | 1688.6 ± 0.32h | 208.0 ± 1.086e |
T. virens (Tvs) | 3243.3 ± 12.3d | 2059.7 ± 3.80c | 235.4 ± 1.70cde |
T. koningii (Tk) | 3068.0 ± 13.0e | 2046.9 ± 0.85d | 226.8 ± 2.88de |
Cool extract + Th | 3510.0 ± 8.6c | 1934.3 ± 6.28e | 310.4 ± 32.67ab |
Cool extract + Tv | 3495.0 ± 22.9c | 1830.4 ± 3.35f | 261.3 ± 25.43bcde |
Cool extract + Tvs | 4338.0 ± 10.3a | 2227.0 ± 1.26ab | 348.0 ± 38.19a |
Cool extract + Tk | 4046.0 ± 19.6b | 2220.2 ± 0.29b | 327.4 ± 37.52ab |
Hot extract + Th | 3520.0 ± 13.2c | 1929.0 ± 3.95e | 302.8 ± 34.99abc |
Hot extract + Tv | 3490.0 ± 21.7c | 1827.0 ± 5.59f | 296.6 ± 32.12abcd |
Hot extract + Tvs | 4369.3 ± 27.2a | 2229.4 ± 2.57a | 352.1 ± 38.86a |
Hot extract + Tk | 4040.3 ± 5.6b | 2224.2 ± 1.62ab | 311.6 ± 35.74ab |
Cool extract | 2003.3 ± 26.0h | 1500.6 ± 0.36i | 208.0 ± 0.68e |
Hot extract | 2185.3 ± 14.6g | 1503.0 ± 0.61i | 205.6 ± 0.16e |
Control | 1165.7 ± 70.3i | 893.1 ± 5.97j | 195.0 ± 1.11e |