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Table 4 The Effect of mycorrhizal infection with different treatments on total chlorophyll contents and % of total soluble sugar in Vicia faba infected with R. solani

From: Enhancing Vicia fabas immunity against Rhizoctonia solani root rot diseases by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and nano chitosan

 

After 35 days of sowing

After 70 days of sowing

  

% Of total soluble sugar

Chl. a (mg/g Fresh weight)

Chl. b (mg/g Fresh weight)

Total Chlorophyll (mg/g Fresh weight)

total soluble sugar

Chl. a (mg/g Fresh weight)

Chl. b (mg/g Fresh weight)

Total Chlorophyll (mg/g Fresh weight)

Healthy

Plants

N M

18.76ef

2.233abc

1.75c

3.981c

23.63bc

2.5 cd

1.877ab

4.377c

M

21.87ab

2.082bc

1.502ab

3.584b

24.80a

2.338abc

1.908ab

4.69ab

Diseased plants

N M

15.95i

2.02c

0.877d

2.897c

20.84f

2.420 cd

1.132e

3.652d

M

19.17de

2.12c

1.5ab

3.456b

22.22e

2.34d

1.578bc

4.23c

Diseased plants+

Chitosan NPs

NM

18.45ef

2.192abc

1.37ab

3.561b

23.31bc

2.706abc

1.93ab

4.635ab

M

22.21a

2.483a

1.91a

4.393a

25.003a

3.14ab

2.081ab

5.221a

Diseased plants+

Chitosan

NM

16.91 h

2.177abc

1.3bc

3.473b

22.06e

2.462 cd

1.52 cd

4d

M

19.87 cd

2.49a

1.571ab

4.058a

23.05 cd

2.861ab

1.907ab

4.77ab

Diseased plant + Fungicide

NM

15.96i

2.177abc

1.3bc

3.456b

22.16e

2.34d

1.52 cd

4d

M

19.17de

2.483a

1.471ab

4.168a

23.31bc

2.861ab

1.938ab

4.627ab

  1. LSD: At significant level (P > 0.05).Sample symbols (a.a) mean non-significant difference (a.b) mean significant difference. NM; Non-mycorrhizal plants and M; Mycorrhizal plants. Chl a: Chlorophyll a ; Chl.b :Chlorophyll b