Table 1.

Effects of C. crenata dried leaf powder on germination and root and shoot growth of L. sativa, R. sativus, and E. crus-galli.

Weight (g/Petri Dish)	Germination (%)	Shoot Height (cm)	Root Length (cm)
L. sativa
Control	85.0a ± 4.1(0.0)	1.0a ± 0.4 (0.0)	2.5a ± 1.2 (0.0)
0.10	73.3a ± 6.7(13.7)	1.1a ± 0.5 (−10.0)	0.7b ± 0.8 (72.0)
0.25	36.7ab ± 18.5 (56.8)	0.5b ± 0.5 (50.0)	0.1b ± 0.3 (96.0)
0.50	0.0b ± 0.0 (100)	0.0c ± 0.0 (100)	0.0b ± 0.0 (100)
R. sativus
Control	96.7a ± 3.3 (0.0)	1.6a ± 3.9 (0.0)	7.4a ± 2.2 (0.0)
0.10	93.3a ± 3.3 (3.5)	2.0a ± 5.4 (−25.0)	1.1b ± 0.6 (85.1)
0.25	43.3b ± 18.5 (55.2)	0.5b ± 0.4 (68.8)	0.0c ± 0.0 (100)
0.50	23.3b ± 8.8 (75.9)	0.2b ± 0.4 (87.5)	0.0c ± 0.0 (100)
E. crus-galli
Control	86.7a ± 6.6 (0.0)	3.8a ± 1.0 (0.0)	8.6a ± 2.7 (0.0)
0.10	86.7a ± 3.3 (0.0)	2.7b ± 0.9 (29.0)	0.9b ± 0.7 (89.5)
0.25	73.3a ± 12.0 (15.4)	1.4c ± 0.6 (63.1)	0.2b ± 0.2 (97.1)
0.50	70.0b ± 5.8 (19.2)	0.7c ± 0.4 (81.9)	0.04b ± 0.1 (100)

Values are means ± SE (standard errors); Values in parentheses indicate inhibition and minus values were promotion over controls; Means with similar letters in a column are not significantly different (p < 0.05).