Table 2 Effect of bioagents and fungicides on seed germination and plant vigour index of Gossypium hirsutum and G. arboreum cotton cultivars
Treatments | Gossypium hirsutum variety CICR 3129* | G. arboreum variety CICR-3* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Seed rotting % | Vigour index$ | Seed rotting % | Vigour index$ | |
Trichoderma asperellum (Th-11) | 48.9 | 833.8 | 57.1 | 322.2 |
Pseudomonas fluorescens (Pf) | 41.2 | 608.0 | 55.6 | 312.0 |
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) | 56.0 | 421.1 | 68.2 | 230.0 |
Th + Pf | 40.7 | 448.9 | 37.5 | 393.5 |
Th + AMF | 72.5 | 380.0 | 57.6 | 319.9 |
Pf + AMF | 60.0 | 214.4 | 57.1 | 293.1 |
Th + Pf + AMF | 8.3 | 890.9 | 17.6 | 371.6 |
Carbendazim | 57.1 | 466.2 | 65.5 | 191.4 |
Thiophanate-methyl | 57.7 | 293.3 | 63.6 | 157.7 |
Carboxin 75%WP | 50.0 | 363.4 | 53.8 | 259.2 |
Propiconazole 25%EC | 29.4 | 715.1 | 31.6 | 345.3 |
Control | 73.1 | 138.0 | 71.4 | 202.2 |
LSD P ≤ 0.05 | 1.375 | 172.3 | 2.251 | 1940.3 |
SE(m) | 0.455 | 7.631 | 0.744 | 5.564 |