Research Article

Allelopathic Effects of Aqueous Extracts of Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) on the Early Seedling Growth of Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) Varieties and Selected Weeds

Table 3

Effects of sesame variety on the dry shoot weight, dry root weight, and number of flowers.

Sesame varietyVarietal effect
Dry shoot weight (g)/plantDry root weight (g)/plantNumber of flowers/plants

Lindi 20023.01a0.644ab2.62bc
Brown Zimbabwe3.11a0.622ab1.83b
Ziada 943.40a0.498a2.52bc
IETC3.40a0.577ab3.18cd
Mtwara 093.91a0.992c0.63a
Lindi Zimbabwe5.05b0.776bc3.95d
-value<0.001<0.001<0.001
LSD0.9420.2271.014
CV (%)41.152.965.8

Means followed by the same letter in the column are not significantly different at .