Table 2 Chlorophyll and carotenoid contents (mg g^-1 FW) in leaves of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) plants raised using sand substrate (25 DAS) treated with leachates of fresh leaves and flowers of Tagetes erecta L.

0.568 ± 0.004^c

0.525 ± 0.002^a

1.093 ± 0.005^b

0.461 ± 0.017^b

0.625 ± 0.008^a

0.550 ± 0.007^a

1.175 ± 0.003^a

0.528 ± 0.023^a

0.502 ± 0.005^e

0.462 ± 0.009^b

0.964 ± 0.011^c

0.453 ± 0.022^b

0.451 ± 0.003f.

0.376 ± 0.004^d

0.827 ± 0.007^d

0.367 ± 0.010^c

0.389 ± 0.004 ^g

0.288 ± 0.012^e

0.677 ± 0.014^e

0.331 ± 0.013 ^cd

0.599 ± 0.006^b

0.544 ± 0.005^a

1.143 ± 0.007^a

0.530 ± 0.010^a

0.521 ± 0.004^d

0.451 ± 0.013^b

0.972 ± 0.013^c

0.453 ± 0.015^b

0.445 ± 0.003f.

0.412 ± 0.006^c

0.857 ± 0.004^d

0.357 ± 0.012^c

0.399 ± 0.005 ^g

0.307 ± 0.016^e

0.706 ± 0.021^e

0.308 ± 0.007^d