Table 4 Effect of thymol nanoemulsion on plant growth of soybean.
Treatment (%) | Plant growthA | 100 seed weight (g) | |||||
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Plant height (cm) | Root length (cm) | Root fresh weight (g/plant) | Number of nodules/plant | Weight/nodule (mg) | Number of pods/plant | ||
ControlB | 53.16 ± 2.72 cd | 30.83 ± 0.72ab | 0.79 ± 0.08c | 7.75 ± 0.90bc | 17.00 ± 2.1c | 4.58 ± 0.44 cd | 4.96 ± 0.23 cd |
Bulk SC (0.01) | 53.58 ± 0.87 cd | 31.58 ± 2.55ab | 0.93 ± 0.02c | 5.83 ± 0.79c | 21.33 ± 1.4bc | 4.75 ± 0.38 cd | 4.36 ± 0.27d |
Bulk TD (0.01) | 53.75 ± 2.91 cd | 31.75 ± 0.38ab | 0.91 ± 0.06c | 5.5 ± 0.50c | 28.75 ± 2.1ab | 5.58 ± 0.84bcd | 4.63 ± 0.21 cd |
Thymol nanoemulsion | |||||||
0.01 | 54.5 ± 2.15bcd | 31.83 ± 1.08ab | 0.97 ± 0.06c | 5.83 ± 0.44c | 30.41 ± 0.65ab | 5.33 ± 0.33bcd | 5.47 ± 0.18bc |
0.02 | 64.83 ± 3.08ab | 32.83 ± 0.87ab | 2.15 ± 0.11ab | 6.5 ± 0.25c | 30.58 ± 2.1ab | 5.41 ± 0.16bcd | 5.56 ± 0.20abc |
0.03 | 66.16 ± 1.30a | 36.5 ± 1.00a | 2.15 ± 0.02ab | 8.08 ± 0.71bc | 33.16 ± 0.54a | 9.33 ± 0.79abcd | 6.60 ± 0.20a |
0.04 | 65.33 ± 0.54a | 36.66 ± 0.22a | 2.21 ± 0.21a | 10.41 ± 0.44bc | 33.75 ± 3.38a | 11.58 ± 0.98ab | 6.56 ± 0.17a |
0.05 | 63.16 ± 1.09abc | 32.91 ± 0.91ab | 1.60 ± 0.23b | 12.41 ± 0.18a | 34.25 ± 3.64a | 12.83 ± 3.58a | 6.50 ± 0.23ab |
0.06 | 61.83 ± 3.00abc | 31.41 ± 1.01ab | 1.01 ± 0.05c | 8.58 ± 2.04c | 25.08 ± 0.22abc | 10.5 ± 0.52abc | 5.45 ± 0.23bc |