Allelopathic Potential of Green Manure Cover Crops on Germination and Early Seedling Development of Goose Grass [Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn] and Blackjack (Bidens pilosa L.)

Table 3

Effect of aqueous extracts of eight green manure cover crops on germination percentage of goose grass and blackjack.

Extract tissue	Extract concentration (% w v^−1)					Extract concentration (% w v^−1)
	0	1.25	2.5	3.75	5	0	1.25	2.5	3.75	5
Goose grass						Blackjack
Hyacinth bean
Leaf	30.00^bc	28.50^bcd	19.50^de	3.50^fg	0.00^g	95.00^a	70.00^d	49.00^e	26.00^f	4.00^g
Stem	31.00^bc	37.50^b	27.00^cd	9.00^fg	0.00^g	96.00^a	81.00^bcd	81.00^bcd	71.00^d	42.00^e
Root	36.00^bc	53.50^a	49.50^a	20.50^d	11.00^ef	92.00^ab	91.00^abc	82.00^bcd	85.00^abc	79.00^cd
LSD	9.276					12.710
Red sunnhemp
Leaf	37.5^ab	46.0^a	35.5^ab	14.5^c	7.0^c	96.00^a	73.00^de	45.00^f	28.00^g	20.00^g
Stem	30.5^b	33.5^b	37.0^ab	30.5^b	27.5^b	91.00^ab	83.00^bcd	86.00^abc	73.00^de	63.00^e
Root	32.0^b	36.0^ab	29.5^b	37.5^ab	30.0^b	94.00^ab	86.00^abc	82.00^bcd	78.00^cd	62.00^e
LSD	10.601					12.260
Common rattlepod
Leaf	36.50^def	41.00^cde	22.00^g	11.50^h	4.00^h	100.00^a	75.00^cd	38.00^e	16.00^f	0.00^f
Stem	36.13^def	47.50^abc	48.50^abc	32.00^efg	24.50^g	94.00^ab	91.00^abc	88.00^abc	88.00^abc	68.00^d
Root	29.50^fg	52.00^ab	44.50^bcd	56.50^a	45.00^bcd	91.00^abc	98.00^a	79.00^bcd	69.00^d	68.00^d
LSD	10.274					16.35
Common bean
Leaf	42.50^ab	48.50^a	35.50^abc	12.50^defg	7.00^fg	97.00^a	91.00^a	75.00^bc	47.00^e	18.00^f
Stem	43.50^ab	24.50^cd	23.00^cde	30.00^bc	8.00^efg	97.00^a	90.00^a	55.00^de	21.00^f	17.00^f
Root	48.50^a	47.00^a	49.00^a	22.00^cdef	4.50^g	94.00^a	86.00^ab	93.00^a	84.00^ab	66.00^cd
LSD	15.856					13.090
Radish
Leaf	38.50^bcde	54.50^a	29.00^e	12.00^fg	2.00^g	99.00^a	68.00^c	35.00^d	12.00^e	0.00^e
Stem	34.00^cde	41.00^bcd	46.50^ab	37.50^bcde	15.50^f	92.00^ab	93.00^ab	89.00^ab	82.00^bc	78.00^bc
Root	38.50^bcde	44.00^abc	34.50^cde	30.50^de	5.50^fg	99.00^a	93.00^ab	88.00^ab	67.00^c	41.00^d
LSD	10.619					15.980
Showy rattlebox
Leaf	32.50^cd	31.50^d	13.50^e	3.00^f	1.50^f	96.00^a	64.00^ef	29.00^g	17.00^g	1.00^h
Stem	31.00^d	44.00^ab	42.00^abc	37.50^abcd	10.50^ef	82.00^bcd	86.00^abc	73.00^de	64.00^ef	28.00^g
Root	32.00^cd	35.50^bcd	34.00^bcd	46.00^a	37.50^abcd	87.00^ab	92.00^ab	74.00^cde	70.00^de	57.00^f
LSD	10.044					13.390
Tephrosia
Leaf	32.50^bc	34.50^abc	34.00^abc	29.50^c	29.00^c	98.00^a	90.00^abcd	84.00^cde	50.00^g	26.00^h
Stem	38.50^ab	19.50^d	8.50^e	0.00^f	0.00^f	92.00^abcd	95.00^abc	89.00^abcd	76.00^ef	64.00^f
Root	32.50^bc	33.50^bc	41.50^a	32.50^bc	41.50^a	94.00^abc	97.00^ab	90.00^abcd	81.00^de	85.00^bcde
LSD	7.821					12.216
Black sunnhemp
Leaf	32.00^abcd	25.00^de	21.00^e	30.00^cde	2.00^e	93.00^a	46.00^d	19.00^f	6.00^g	0.00^g
Stem	38.00^abc	42.50^a	39.50^abc	30.50^cde	32.50^abcd	80.00^b	80.00^b	64.00^c	60.00^c	30.00^e
Root	31.50^bcde	30.00^cde	36.50^abc	41.50^ab	37.50^abc	88.00^ab	82.00^b	79.00^b	84.00^ab	67.00^c
LSD	10.582					9.834

Means followed by the same letter for each GMCC are not significantly different at .