Treatment | Average parameters of yield component of maize plants grown under field conditions | ||||
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Av. ear length (cm) | Av. ear diameter (cm) | No. of row/ear | No. of kernel/row | 100 kernel weight (g) | |
T. harzianum (Th) | 22.59 ± 0.05e | 4.11 ± 0.03e | 12.8 ± 0.33abc | 40.2 ± 0.13g | 32.29 ± 0.07fg |
T. viride (Tv) | 22.31 ± 0.08f | 4.26 ± 0.03 cd | 12.4 ± 0.26c | 40.7 ± 0.15fg | 32.14 ± 0.09g |
T. virens (Tvs) | 22.58 ± 0.10e | 4.28 ± 0.03bcd | 12.4 ± 0.26c | 41.6 ± 0.16e | 32.78 ± 0.08defg |
T. koningii (Tk) | 22.79 ± 0.02cd | 4.35 ± 0.01a | 13.0 ± 0.33abc | 41.0 ± 0.25ef | 32.53 ± 0.18efg |
Cool extract + Th | 22.99 ± 0.01a | 4.35 ± 0.01a | 13.2 ± 0.32abc | 44.6 ± 0.22bc | 33.47 ± 0.13bcd |
Cool extract + Tv | 22.90 ± 0.02abc | 4.24 ± 0.01d | 13.0 ± 0.33abc | 43.5 ± 0.16d | 33.32 ± 0.14cde |
Cool extract + Tvs | 22.85 ± 0.02bc | 4.36 ± 0.01a | 13.6 ± 0.26a | 45.0 ± 0.25ab | 33.52 ± 0.17abcd |
Cool extract + Tk | 22.94 ± 0.02ab | 4.36 ± 0.01a | 13.4 ± 0.30ab | 45.0 ± 0.21ab | 33.56 ± 0.15abcd |
Hot extract + Th | 22.94 ± 0.02ab | 4.24 ± 0.01d | 13.0 ± 0.33abc | 44.7 ± 0.26bc | 33.76 ± 0.06abc |
Hot extract + Tv | 22.85 ± 0.02bc | 4.24 ± 0.01d | 12.8 ± 0.32abc | 44.3 ± 0.15c | 33.02 ± 0.09cdef |
Hot extract + Tvs | 22.93 ± 0.03ab | 4.34 ± 0.03ab | 13.6 ± 0.26a | 45.5 ± 0.22a | 34.23 ± 0.01ab |
Hot extract + Tk | 22.97 ± 0.02ab | 4.32 ± 0.02abc | 12.6 ± 0.30bc | 45.2 ± 0.24ab | 34.35 ± 0.12a |
Cool extract | 22.66 ± 0.03de | 4.24 ± 0.01d | 12.4 ± 0.26c | 40.4 ± 0.16fg | 30.19 ± 0.11h |
Hot extract | 22.78 ± 0.03cd | 4.26 ± 0.01cd | 12.4 ± 0.26c | 40.5 ± 0.16fg | 29.66 ± 0.39h |
Control | 22.37 ± 0.08f | 3.86 ± 0.01f | 10.4 ± 0.26d | 33.6 ± 0.45h | 28.34 ± 1.04i |