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 4

Effect of variety, treatments, and time on the chlorophyll content and chlorophyll fluorescence of six sesame varieties.

Sesame variety	Varietal effects
	Chlorophyll content (mmol cm^−2)	Chlorophyll fluorescence (Fv/Fm)
Lindi 2002	34.51	0.6445^b
Brown Zimbabwe	36.05	0.5903^a
Ziada 94	34.26	0.6429^b
IETC	39.91	0.5598^a
Mtwara 09	32.52	0.6473^b
Lindi Zimbabwe	35.09	0.6586^b
-value	0.080	<0.001
LSD	ns	0.039
CV (%)	15.7	16.1
	Treatment effects
10% w/v sorgaab	35.51	0.6338
Full-dose Agil	35.22	0.6331
Half-dose Agil	34.97	0.6271
Half-dose Agil + 10% sorgaab	34.55	0.6134
Control	34.53	0.6122
-value	0.549	0.550
LSD	ns	ns
CV (%)	15.7	16.1
	Time effects
0 WAS	33.07^a	0.5933^a
1 WAS	36.63^b
2 WAS	32.96^a
3 WAS	39.56^c	0.6546^b
p-value	<0.001	<0.001
LSD	1.399	0.026
CV (%)	15.7	16.1

Means followed by the same letter in the column are not significantly different at . Chlorophyll fluorescence was not determined at 1 WAS and 2 WAS.