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. 2020 Dec 19;6(12):e05737. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05737

Table 5.

Effects of common bean seeds coating with essential oils from mycorrhizal and non- mycorrhizal primed lemongrass and Ridomil on common bean seedlings growth.

Treatment Agro-morphological parameter
Root length (cm) Shoot length (cm) Root dry weight (g) Shoot dry weight (g) Vigour index
Control 20.3 ± 2.2b 48.1 ± 5.4bc 0.31 ± 0.01b 3.43 ± 1.21b 5435
F. solani (Fs) 12.8 ± 2.4a 29.4 ± 6.6a 0.18 ± 0.01a 1.9 ± 0.6a 2815
Fs_ (-) AMF500 21.3 ± 1.6b 45.6 ± 3.4b 0.32 ± 0.1b 2.8 ± 0.74b 4654
Fs_ (-) AMF1000 25.9 ± 4.2c 52.8 ± 6.7c 0.57 ± 0.1c 4.6 ± 1.30c 5548
Fs_ (+) AMF500 17.5 ± 4.8ab 42.6 ± 5.5b 0.33 ± 0.02b 3.32 ± 1.10b 4525
Fs_ (+) AMF1000 26.6 ± 4.7c 54.6 ± 2.8d 0.74 ± 0.2d 5.01 ± 1.7c 7814
Fs_Ridomil Plus 23.9 ± 7.1bc 50.2 ± 4.7c 0.49 ± 0.18c 4.50 ± 1.9c 5812

Control (non-inoculated soil and inhibitor-free seeds), F. solani (infested soil with F. solani Fs4 and inhibitor-free seeds), Fs_(-) AMF500 (infested soil with F. solani Fs4 and seed coated with EOs from non-mycorrhizal lemongrass at the concentration of 500 ppm), Fs_(-) AMF1000 (infested with F. solani Fs4 and seed coated with EOs from non-mycorrhizal lemongrass at the concentration of 1000 ppm), Fs_(+) AMF500 (infested soil with F. solani Fs4 and seed coated with EOs from mycorrhizal lemongrass at the concentration of 500 ppm), Fs_(+) AMF1000 (infested soil with F. solani Fs4 and seed coated with EOs from mycorrhizal lemongrass at the concentration of 1000 ppm), Fs_Ridomil plus (infested soil with F. solani Fs4 and seed coated with the reference fungicide; Ridomil plus 44 WP). Mean values in each column with different alphabet are significantly different at α = 0.05.