Table 4 Growth parameters of sorghum plants infected with Fusarium solani in response to treating with lavender essential oil at different concentrations.

From: Essential oil from Lavandula angustifolia elicits expression of three SbWRKY transcription factors and defense-related genes against sorghum damping-off

Treatment**

Plant height (cm)

Shoot dry weight (g)

Root dry weight (g)

30 dap

45 dap

30 dap

45 dap

30 dap

45 dap

C

18.8 ± 0.4d

30.6 ± 0.9c

0.14 ± 0.01c

0.21 ± 0.01c

0.11 ± 0.09c

0.14 ± 0.01c

P

4.1 ± 0.2i

11.7 ± 1.5h

0.04 ± 0.01f

0.07 ± 0.01g

0.03 ± 0.01g

0.06 ± 0.01f

P + F

16.3 ± 0.9e

28.9 ± 0.9d

0.12 ± 0.01d

0.14 ± 0.01d

0.09 ± 0.01d

0.12 ± 0.01d

EO1.0

20.7 ± 0.4c

30.3 ± 0.9cd

0.16 ± 0.02b

0.24 ± 0.02b

0.14 ± 0.02b

0.19 ± 0.01b

EO1.25

22.2 ± 0.3b

33.9 ± 1.2b

0.19 ± 0.02a

0.32 ± 0.02a

0.17 ± 0.04a

0.22 ± 0.01a

EO1.5

24.5 ± 0.7a

38.3 ± 1.4a

0.20 ± 0.02a

0.31 ± 0.01a

0.18 ± 0.05a

0.23 ± 0.01a

P + EO1.0

6.3 ± 0.1h

18.8 ± 0.4g

0.07 ± 0.01e

0.09 ± 0.01f

0.05 ± 0.01 fg

0.09 ± 0.01e

P + EO1.25

8.9 ± 0.3g

24.5 ± 0.6f

0.08 ± 0.01e

0.12 ± 0.01e

0.06 ± 0.01ef

0.10 ± 0.01e

P + EO1.5

11.4 ± 1.0f

27.4 ± 0.5e

0.08 ± 0.01e

0.14 ± 0.01d

0.07 ± 0.02de

0.11 ± 0.01d

  1. Values followed by the same letter are not significantly different according to Duncan’s multiple range test (P ≤ 0.05), each value represents the mean of 3 replicates ± SD.
  2. **C: untreated control, P: infected with F. solani, P + F: infected with F. solani and treated with chemical fungicide (Rhizolex-T), EO1.0, EO1.25, EO1.5: treated with lavender EO at 1.0, 1.25, and 1.5% respectively, P + EO1.0, P + EO1.25, P + EO1.5: infected with F. solani and treated with lavender EO at 1.0, 1.25, and 1.5%, respectively, and dap: days after planting.