Investigation of the Allelopathic Effect of Matricaria chamomilla L. Parts’ Aqueous Extracts on Germination and Seedling Growth of Two Moroccan Varieties of Durum Wheat

Table 2

Effects of chamomile aqueous extracts on seedling growth of the durum wheat kanakis and riyad variety.

	Camomile parts	E.C (g·L^−1)	Coleoptile length (mm)	Radicle length (mm)	Dry weight per seedling (mg)
Var. kanakis	Flowers	0	31.65 ± 0.71	31.38 ± 0.65	53.94 ± 2.06
		50	38.40 ± 0.66	35.89 ± 0.86	52.24 ± 2.12 ns
		100	42.45 ± 0.87	41.10 ± 0.98	61.84 ± 1.16
	Leaves	50	24.30 ± 1.22	27.06 ± 1.29	47.49 ± 2.19 ns
		100	22.32 ± 1.33	25.18 ± 1.46	42.74 ± 1.60
	Roots	50	20.82 ± 1.10	17.28 ± 1.13	34.25 ± 1.90
		100	14.97 ± 0.94	10.83 ± 0.99	29.18 ± 2.10
Var. riyad	Flowers	0	37.78 ± 0.71	37.63 ± 1.06	61.85 ± 0.66
		50	37.14 ± 0.29 ns	37.48 ± 1.12 ns	63.71 ± 0.81 ns
		100	39.79 ± 0.64 ns	41.80 ± 0.95	67.35 ± 0.21
	Leaves	50	27.23 ± 2.71	32.54 ± 0.74	57.34 ± 0.07
		100	20.34 ± 2.17	29.14 ± 0.89	55.59 ± 0.97
	Roots	50	19.93 ± 1.05	17.28 ± 1.13	44.11 ± 1.45
		100	12.23 ± 1.33	10.83 ± 0.99	28.14 ± 1.51

Note: data are expressed as mean ± SEM, n = 30, ns: not significant; ; ; . E.C: extract concentration.