Table 3 Effect of basil, caraway, and fennel, Trichoderma harzianum, T. viride, and T. vierns, added alone on vegetative growth parameters of pea root infected by Meloidogyne incognita
Plant growth parameters | Average total percentages of plant growth parameters increase | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Treatments | Shoot length (cm) | % Inc. | Shoot fresh weight (g) | % Inc. | Shoot dry weight (g) | % Inc. | Root fresh weight (g) | % Inc. | |
Basil | 39cd | 3.0 | 9.6de | 14.3 | 4.6d | 35.3 | 3.3a | 73.7 | 31.6 |
Caraway | 46ab | 21.1 | 14.7ab | 75.0 | 4.1e | 20.6 | 2.6bc | 36.8 | 38.4 |
Fennel | 47ab | 23.7 | 10.3cde | 22.6 | 5.6c | 64.7 | 2.1 cd | 10.5 | 30.4 |
Average overall percentages increase | 15.9 | 37.3 | 40.2 | 37.0 | 33.5 | ||||
Trichoderma harzianum (Th) | 47ab | 23.7 | 15.6ab | 85.7 | 7.2a | 111.8 | 2.3bcd | 21.1 | 60.6 |
T. viride (Tv) | 48a | 26.3 | 13.1bc | 56.0 | 6.0b | 76.5 | 2.9ab | 52.6 | 52.9 |
T. vierns (Tvi) | 43bc | 13.2 | 9.2de | 10.0 | 3.9ef | 14.7 | 2.6bc | 36.8 | 18.7 |
Average overall percentages increase | 21.1 | 50.6 | 67.7 | 36.8 | 46.1 | ||||
Sorghum (carrier) | 42 cd | 10.5 | 9.1de | 8.3 | 3.7fg | 9.0 | 2.5bc | 31.6 | 14.9 |
Carbofuran® 10%G | 47ab | 23.7 | 17.3a | 106.0 | 5.9bc | 73.5 | 2.7bc | 42.1 | 61.3 |
Nematode only (control) | 38d | 0.0 | 8.4e | 0.0 | 3.4 g | 0.0 | 1.9d | 0.0 | 0.0 |