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Table 3.

Measurement of growth parameters of V. unguiculata in different microbiologically active soils supplemented with CP (200 mg kg⁻¹).

Growth parameters	Control	CP + Cowpea	CP + Cowpea + JCp4	CP + Cowpea + FCp1
% germination	87.5 ± 0.0^ab	75 ± 0.0^a	91.6 ± 6.4^b	91.6 ± 7.2^b
Shoot length (cm)	15.1 ± 0.36^b	13.1 ± 0.3^a	21.6 ±0.35^c	22.9 ± 0.36^d
Root length (cm)	16.1 ± 0.36^a	16 ± 0.31^a	28.2 ± 0.78^c	23.4 ± 0.82^b
Leaf length (cm)	3.03 ± 0.15^a	3.07 ± 0.15^a	5.15 ± 0.13^b	5.20 ± 0.1^b
Shoot fresh weight (g)	1.23 ± 0.07^b	0.94 ± 0.11^a	2.83 ± 0.10^d	2.40 ± 0.09^c
Root fresh weight (g)	0.6 ± 0.03^a	0.55 ± 0.07^a	1.96 ± 0.10^b	2.14 ± 0.06^c
Shoot dry weight (g)	0.3 ± 0.035^b	0.18 ± 0.006^a	0.7 ± 0.03^c	0.8 ± 0.01^d
Root dry weight (g)	0.1 ± 0.008^a	0.08 ± 0.007^a	0.25 ± .013^b	0.26 ± .003^b

The values indicate the mean ± SD of three replicates.

Different letters in same rows indicate significantly different values.