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 6

Effect of different bioherbicidal treatments on the chlorophyll content and chlorophyll fluorescence of black jack.

TreatmentsTreatment effects
Chlorophyll content (mmol cm−2)Chlorophyll fluorescence (Fv/Fm)

10% w/v sorgaab34.140.632c
Full-dose Agil29.520.602c
Half-dose Agil32.980.561b
Half-dose Agil + 10% sorgaab34.170.546a
Control30.980.502a
-value0.226<0.001
LSDns0.042
CV (%)11.26.1

Time effects
1 WAS23.12a0.510a
2 WAS30.89b
3 WAS29.13b
4 WAS47.18c0.627b
-value<0.001<0.001
LSD3.8390.044
CV (%)17.311.6

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.