Sl. No. Treatment Germination % Root length (cm) Shoot length (cm) Seedling length (cm) Dry weight Vigour index-I Vigour index-II
1. Trichoderma viride 86.67 7.58 11.70 19.28 0.14 1671.00 12.13
2. Vitavax 85.00 7.31 11.26 18.57 0.13 1578.45 11.05
3. Chlorpyriphos 81.00 7.27 8.87 16.14 0.11 1307.34 8.91
4. Rhizobium 81.33 6.45 9.69 16.14 0.11 1312.67 8.95
5. Trichoderma viride+Vitavax 90.00 7.91 13.08 20.99 0.14 1889.10 12.60
6. Trichoderma viride+Chlorpyriphos 77.67 5.90 10.41 16.31 0.11 1266.80 8.54
7. Trichoderma viride+Rhizobium 84.33 6.59 9.35 15.94 0.11 1344.22 9.28
8. Vitavax+Chlorpyriphos 67.67 5.51 9.35 14.86 0.12 1005.58 8.12
9. Vitavax+Rhizobium 73.67 4.41 8.34 12.75 0.11 939.29 8.10
10. Chlorpyriphos+Rhizobium 84.67 3.95 7.16 11.11 0.11 940.68 9.31
11. Trichoderma viride+ Vitavax+Chlorpyriphos 77.33 6.57 10.85 17.42 0.12 1347.09 9.28
12. Trichoderma viride+ Vitavax+Rhizobium 78.33 5.84 8.92 14.76 0.12 1156.15 9.40
13. Trichoderma viride+ Chlorpyriphos+ Rhizobium 80.00 5.57 9.74 15.31 0.11 1224.80 8.80
14. Vitavax+Chlorpyriphos+Rhizobium 79.33 5.70 8.83 14.53 0.10 1152.66 7.93
15. Vitavax+Chlorpyriphos+Vitavax+Rhizobium 74.00 5.45 9.05 14.5 0.10 1073.00 7.40
16. Control 66.33 3.87 7.10 10.97 0.10 727.64 6.63
  CD=5% 5.69 1.22 0.63 1.72 0.02 321.60 1.81
  S.D. 2.79 0.60 0.31 0.86 0.01 157.88 2.03
Table 5: Evaluation with special reference to the use of pesticides in seed treatment in combination with bioagents.