Table 2 Effect of different green manures on weed emergence and pepper performancea.
Treatment | Weed emergence (number/pot) | Plant height (cm) | Stem diameter (cm) | Chlorophyll contents (SPAD) | Canopy diameter (cm) | Primary branch length (cm) | Primary branch diameter (cm) | Fruit yield (g plant−1) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Monocot | Dicot | Total | ||||||||
Control | 15.5 ± 1.4a | 15.8 ± 2.6a | 31.3 ± 4.9a | 527 ± 26.7b | 0.47 ± 0.02c | 41 ± 0.8c | 268 ± 23b | 5.9 ± 1.1a | 0.11 ± 0.02c | 30.3 ± 4.0b |
Spinach | 1.5 ± 0.6c | 2.8 ± 0.8c | 4.6 ± 1.7c | 711 ± 21.8a | 0.58 ± 0.01a | 52 ± 1.0a | 418 ± 48a | 8.2 ± 0.12a | 0.25 ± 0.02a | 78.5 ± 1.8a |
Red mustard | 7.2 ± 1.0b | 10.9 ± 1.3ab | 18.3 ± 0.8b | 590 ± 1.7b | 0.50 ± 0.02bc | 44 ± 0.2bc | 299 ± 4b | 8.2 ± 0.03a | 0.14 ± 0.01bc | 39.4 ± 2.7b |
Green mustard | 3.3 ± 0.8c | 8.7 ± 1.3b | 12.1 ± 0.6bc | 582 ± 35.8a | 0.55 ± 0.01ab | 45 ± 1.7b | 290 ± 24b | 8.3 ± 0.8a | 0.19 ± 0.01b | 38.9 ± 2.4b |