Treatments |
Days of incubation |
Growth rate (cm/day) |
2days |
4 days |
6 days |
Colony diameter (cm) |
%Inhibition |
Colony diameter (cm) |
%Inhibition |
Colony diameter (cm) |
%Inhibition |
Control |
3.35 |
0.00 |
6.55 |
0.00 |
8.88 |
0.00 |
1.38 |
Shikimic acid (SH) |
2.70 |
19.40 |
3.40 |
48.14 |
5.5 |
38.06 |
0.70 |
Salicylic acid (SA) |
2.40 |
28.35 |
3.30 |
49.67 |
5.2 |
41.44 |
0.70 |
SH+SA |
3.10 |
7.46 |
3.55 |
45.85 |
6.8 |
23.42 |
0.93 |
LSDat P≤0.05 |
0.46 |
- |
0.41 |
- |
0.56 |
- |
0.19 |
|
Each value represents the mean of 5 replicates. |
Table 2: Effect of shikimic acid, salicylic acid and their combination on the linear growth, inhibition (%) and growth rate (cm/day) of B. fabae after 2, 4 and 6 days of incubation. |