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Table 3 Effect of cultural filtrates of endophytic fungi on the growth parameters of weed species in a pot experiment

From: Biocontrol of economically important weed species through endophytic fungi isolated from Parthenium hysterophorus (Family: Asteraceae)

Treatments

Weed species

Chenopodium album

Avena fatua

Convolvulus arvensis

Shoot length (cm)

 Control

12.04 ± 0.28a

21.36 ± 0.06a

4.02 ± 0.10a

Aspergillus spp.

11.28 ± 0.93a

19.73 ± 0.44b

3.12 ± 0.22b

Alternaria spp.

9.68 ± 0.40b

18.86 ± 1.15b

2.13 ± 0.21c

Drechslera spp.

11.60 ± 0.45a

19.58 ± 0.61b

3.33 ± 0.25b

Shoot biomass (g)

 Control

0.14 ± 0.05a

0.31 ± 0.05a

0.57 ± 0.05a

Aspergillus spp.

0.10 ± 0.02ab

0.29 ± 0.03a

0.47 ± 0.04b

Alternaria spp.

0.08 ± 0.01b

0.16 ± 0.02c

0.25 ± 0.03c

Drechslera spp.

0.10 ± 0.10ab

0.23 ± 0.03b

0.32 ± 0.05c

  1. Values are mean ± SD. Means followed by different superscripts in a row for each weed species are significantly different using LSD at p < 0.05