Table 4 Effect of three marine algal extracts against the root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita on vegetative growth parameters of tomato plants grown in the greenhouse
Treatments | Fresh weight (g) | Length (cm) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shoot | I% | Root | I% | Shoot | I% | Root | I% | |
Inf. control | 27.00c | – | 12.60c | – | 28.00c | – | 24.40b | – |
UInf. control | 42.60a | 57.78 | 21.80a | 73.02 | 42.20a | 50.71 | 31.60a | 29.51 |
Corallina mediteranea | 33.00b | 22.22 | 15.60b | 23.81 | 33.20b | 18.57 | 29.80a | 22.13 |
Corallina officinalis | 39.50a | 46.30 | 19.15a | 51.98 | 41.71a | 48.96 | 30.54a | 25.16 |
Ulva fasciata | 40.50a | 50.00 | 20.75a | 64.68 | 41.50a | 48.21 | 31.00a | 27.05 |
Oxamyl 15µl/ml | 41.60a | 54.07 | 19.20a | 52.38 | 40.20a | 43.57 | 30.80a | 26.23 |