. 2020 Apr 2;9(4):443. doi: 10.3390/plants9040443

Table 8.

Effect of soil amendments with dry plant biomass of the five tested Medicago species on the infestation of the root-knot nematode M. incognita and on the growth of tomato cv. Regina (means ± SE).

Amendment Rate	Nematode Eggs and J2		Root Gall	Plant Fresh Weight (g)
(g kg⁻¹ soil)	g⁻¹ roots (x 1000)	(mL⁻¹ soil)	Index (0-5)	Aerial Parts	Roots
		*M. heyniana*
10	5.2 ± 0.2	14.0 ± 0.5	4.4 ± 0.2	32.4 ± 1.3	8.8 ± 0.2
20	3.5 ± 0.1	6.8 ± 0.4	4.0 ± 0.3	43.0 ± 0.7	12.8 ± 0.5
40	1.5 ± 0.1	4.4 ± 0.4	2.2 ± 0.4	51.4 ± 1.0	20.4 ± 0.6
		*M. hybrida*
10	5.1 ± 0.4	13.6 ± 0.2	4.4 ± 0.4	30.2 ± 1.6	5.6 ± 0.4
20	3.6 ± 0.2	6.2 ± 0.5	3.8 ± 0.2	38.4 ± 0.8	10.8 ± 0.7
40	1.6 ± 0.3	4.0 ± 0.3	3.2 ± 0.2	47.4 ± 2.1	15.8 ± 0.4
		*M. lupulina*
10	7.0 ± 0.3	7.2 ± 0.4	4.6 ± 0.2	33.2 ± 1.1	9.0 ± 0.3
20	2.8 ± 0.4	6.4 ± 0.5	3.6 ± 0.2	42.6 ± 1.4	11.6 ± 0.2
40	0.9 ± 0. 01	5.0 ± 0.3	2.4 ± 0.3	56.6 ± 1.2	19.2 ± 1.4
		*M. murex*
10	5.4 ± 0.3	10.0 ± 0.5	3.8 ± 0.4	35.4 ± 0.8	5.0 ± 0.3
20	3.1 ± 0.2	4.0 ± 0.5	2.8 ± 0.5	43.6 ± 1.2	7.4 ± 0.2
40	1.5 ± 0.1	1.8 ± 0.2	2.2 ± 0.4	60.8 ± 1.5	14.4 ± 0.8
		*M. truncatula*
10	7.1 ± 0.3	14.2 ± 0.4	4.6 ± 0.2	33.2 ± 1.2	5.6 ± 0.4
20	4.6 ± 0.4	6.8 ± 0.2	3.2 ± 0.4	45.4 ± 0.9	11.2 ± 0.4
40	1.7 ± 0.2	2.4 ± 0.2	2.8 ± 0.4	60.6 ± 0.9	20.2 ± 0.6
Oxamyl (2 L ha⁻¹)	1.9 ± 0.2	5.2 ± 0.4	1.8 ± 0.2	42.0 ± 0.7	9.2 ± 0.2
Non treated	11.7 ± 0.7	21.4 ± 0.7	4.8 ±0.2	16.8 ± 0.7	2.6 ± 0.2
Non infested	-		-	52.2 ± 1.8	6.0 ± 1.5
LSD 0.05	0.9	1.1	0.9	3.4	1.8