Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 6 Agronomic parameters of tomato plants grown in solarized and unsolarized soils

From: Effect of soil solarization on tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) growth and impact on native microbial diversity of farm soil in Nigeria

	08 April	22 April	5 May
Number of leaves
Compost	7 ± 0^a	17 ± 2^a	16 ± 3^a
Control	8 ± 1^a	25 ± 2^a	28 ± 3^a
Plastic	9 ± 1^ab	16 ± 1^b	15 ± 3^ab
Plastic + Compost	10 ± 1^b	23 ± 1^b	20 ± 3^b
Plant height (cm)
Compost	20.4 ± 0.8^a	45.1 ± 3.5^a	49.9 ± 7.5^a
Control	22.6 ± 1.2^a	49.9 ± 2^a	66.8 ± 5.8^a
Plastic	27 ± 1.3^a	46.5 ± 3.9^ab	42.8 ± 7.1^a
Plastic + Compost	23.5 ± 1^b	57.5 ± 2.1^b	46.8 ± 10.8^a
Stem girth (c)
Compost	2.8 ± 0.1^a	3 ± 0.1^a	2.8 ± 0.4^a
Control	2.8 ± 0.1^a	4.4 ± 0.6^a	4.9 ± 0.7^a
Plastic	2.9 ± 0.1^a	3 ± 0.1^a	2.7 ± 0.4^a
Plastic + Compost	2.8 ± 0.1^a	2.9 ± 0.2^b	3 ± 0.4^b

Values are Means ± Standard Error of the mean. Different superscripts denote a significant difference (p < 0.05) using the Duncan’s multiple range test

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