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. 2020 Sep 25;9(10):1265. doi: 10.3390/plants9101265

Table 9.

Effect of spent mushroom substrate extract (SMSE), mushroom culture filtrate (MCF), and Roundup® treatments to control broomrape infestation on anatomical characters of infested faba bean leaves (leaflet) with broomrape.

Treatments Thickness of Lamina (µm) Thickness of Spongy Tissue (µm) Thickness of Palisade Tissue (µm) Number of Vessels/Midvein
MC 353.35 221.45 87.56 27.6
M1 362.24 227.67 91.42 31.5
M2 396.04 238.95 103.19 35
M3 375.05 221.72 96.15 30.4
M4 381.72 224.45 98.23 33
M5 403.42 243.02 106.28 34.5
M6 374.76 222.83 93.54 32.3
M7 378.32 230.44 97.35 33.2
Sc 349.91 221.66 89.54 25.7
S1 357.78 226.18 95.75 28.5
S2 387.51 235.05 99.92 32.1
S3 368.65 226.70 92.66 30.2
S4 372.29 231.09 94.14 31.5
S5 389.98 238.14 97.05 32.9
S6 364.23 229.18 89.23 31.2
S7 354.54 225.42 87.57 31.7

Treatment codes are as follows: M = Misr3 faba bean cultivar (tolerant to broomrape parasitism), S = Sakha3 faba bean cultivar (sensitive to broomrape parasitism C -Control (without treatments), 1-Spraying with 10% solution of SMSE, 2-Spraying + soil amendment with 10% solution of SMSE, 3-Soil amendment with 10% solution of SMSE, 4-Spraying with 10% solution of MCF, 5-Spraying + soil amendment with 10% MCF, 6-Soil amendment with 10% MCF, 7-Spraying with Roundup (144 cm3 ha−1).