Table 2.

Effect of treatment on the presence of key metabolite groups in common bean.

Treatments	Chlorophylls (mg/L)	Flavonoids (Abs g DM−1)	Anthocyanins (Abs g DM−1)
Foliar fertiliser	19.3 ± 1.84 b	2.8 ± 0.28 ab	0.1 ± 0.01 a
Synthetic pesticide	13.7 ± 0.74 c	2.4 ± 0.14 bcd	0.1 ± 0.00 a
Tephrosia vogelii	24.6 ± 1.29 a	2.7 ± 0.23 abc	0.1 ± 0.01 a
Tithonia diversifolia	18.9 ± 0.89 b	3.0 ± 0.16 a	0.1 ± 0.01 a
Water	12.7 ± 0.53 c	2.1 ± 0.17 d	0.1 ± 0.03 a
Water and soap	14.0 ± 0.49 c	2.2 ± 0.15 cd	0.1 ± 0.02 a
Method of Application
Soil drench	15.9 ± 0.89 b	2.5 ± 0.12 a	0.1 ± 0.01 a
Foliar spray	18.5 ± 1.14 a	2.6 ± 0.13 a	0.1 ± 0.01 a
2-Way ANOVA (F-Statistics)
Treatment	27.8 ***	3.4 *	0.6ns
Method of application	12.7 **	0.5ns	0.4ns
Treatment * Method of application	3.0 *	1.3ns	0.3ns

The values presented are means ± SE. *, **, *** = significant at p ≤ 0.05, p ≤ 0.01, p ≤ 0.001 respectively, ns = not significant. Means followed by the same letter in a column are not significantly different.