Table 6 Effect of Egyptian clover cultivars and dodder control treatments on seed yield parameters of clover in the 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 seasons.

From: Controlling dodder (Cuscuta planiflora) in Egyptian clover with silica nanoparticles and a novel bioherbicide

Cultivars/treatments

Rate fed−1

No. seeds head−1

1000 Seed weight (g)

Seed yield (kg fed−1)

1st Season

2nd Season

1st Season

2nd Season

1st Season

2nd Season

Gemmiza 1

 

45.07b

47.37b

3.05a

3.21a

309.8b

325.5b

Helali

 

48.74a

51.26a

2.92b

3.07b

323.6a

340.1a

Giza 6

 

41.96c

44.07c

2.86b

3.00b

286.4c

300.4c

LSD0.05

 

1.62

1.74

0.071

0.100

10.84

11.61

Bioherbicide

10 kg

38.9d

41.0e

2.48f

2.60d

263.1d

276.2de

Bioherbicide

20 kg

46.2c

48.6d

3.09d

3.26bc

312.9c

328.4c

Bioherbicide

30 kg

39.8d

41.9e

2.62e

2.76d

267.8d

281.1d

Si-NPs

14 g

46.6c

49.0cd

3.02d

3.19c

315.7c

331.4c

Si-NPs

22 g

49.8b

52.2b

3.25b

3.42a

334.5b

350.8b

Si-NPs

30 g

48.3b

50.8bc

3.15c

3.30b

329.5b

345.8b

Glyphosate

33.1 g

48.4b

50.8bc

3.19c

3.34b

332.4b

349.1b

Infested

 

36.6e

38.6f

2.34g

2.47e

253.6e

268.1e

Non-infested

 

52.8a

55.3a

3.35a

3.52a

349.9a

366.9a

LSD0.05

 

1.68

2.12

0.052

0.109

7.09

11.23

  1. 1st Season = 2021/2022 season, 2nd Season = 2022/2023 season. Values (means) followed by different letter(s) are significantly different according to LSD at p ≤ 0.05. LSD values are in bold.