Table 3.
Effect of chitosan on root rot disease incidence and growth parameters in fenugreek
| Treatment | Pot experiment | Field experiment | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov–Dec 2019 | Jul–Aug 2020 | ||||||||||||||
| PDI | Number of leaves | Plant Height (cm) | Fresh weight (g) | Dry weight (g) | PDI | No. of leaves | Plant height (cm) | Fresh weight (g) | Dry weight (g) | PDI | Number of leaves | Plant height (cm) | Fresh weight (g) | Dry weight (g) | |
| Control | 68.25d | 18.50a | 16.60c | 0.93c | 0.19c | 66.70e | 16.90 c | 15.30 c | 0.76c | 0.15c | 72.20d | 17.70d | 15.60c | 0.78c | 0.12d |
| Chitosan 0.5 gL−1 | 20.5c | 24.60b | 22.10b | 1.23b | 0.25b | 38.40d | 27.70 b | 21.90 b | 1.09b | 0.22b | 38.11c | 24.40c | 24.20b | 1.21b | 0.15b |
| Chitosan 1 gL−1 | 16.5cd | 27.60a | 25.20ab | 1.38a | 0.27a | 27.60c | 28.50 ab | 25.10ab | 1.26ab | 0.25ab | 27.00b | 27.80c | 27.50a | 1.38a | 0.28b |
| Chitosan 2 gL−1 | 13.75bc | 28.20a | 27.40a | 1.41a | 0.28a | 22.00b | 30.40a | 27.60a | 1.38a | 0.28a | 21.50a | 29.90a | 28.20a | 1.41a | 0.33c |
| Carbendazim 0.5 gL−1 | 9.75a | 24.70b | 21.50b | 1.24b | 0.25b | 18.50a | 26.52 b | 22.60b | 1.13b | 0.23b | 21.20a | 28.70ab | 27.90a | 1.39a | 0.25b |
| CD | 5.80 | 1.80 | 3.88 | 0.09 | 0.01 | 2.65 | 2.11 | 3.74 | 0.18 | 0.037 | 2.62 | 1.94 | 2.14 | 0.11 | 0.018 |
A number indicated in bold are the CD values obtained by statistical analysis of the data, values within columns followed by the same letters indicates no significant difference at P = 0.05 according to Tukey’s Studentized Range (HSD) Test