Impact of Fungicides Chlorothalonil and Propiconazole on Microbial Activities in Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) Soils

Table 2

Activity of cellulase* under the impact of different concentrations of selected fungicides propiconazole and chlorothalonil in soils incubated for 24 hours after 10 days.

Concentration of fungicides (Kg ha^−1)	Black clay soil		Red sandy loam soil
	Propiconazole (Tilt)	Chlorothalonil (Kavach)	Propiconazole (Tilt)	Chlorothalonil (Kavach)
0.0	455 ± 2.886^a	455 ± 2.886^a	375 ± 5.773^a	375 ± 5.773^a
1.0	496 ± 5.773^a	471 ± 11.547^a	431 ± 17.320^b	415 ± 8.660^b
2.5	616 ± 3.464^b	575 ± 5.774^b	525 ± 2.886^c	505 ± 1.732^b
5.0	750 ± 11.547^c	726 ± 1.154^c	695 ± 2.886^d	688 ± 1.732^c
7.5	619 ± 1.154^d	554 ± 2.309^d	505 ± 2.886^c	496 ± 1.154^b
10.0	449 ± 0.577^a	436 ± 4.618^a	345 ± 2.886^e	324 ± 1.154^d

Each column is mean ± S.E. for six concentrations in each group; columns not sharing a common letter (a, b, c, d and e) differ significantly with each other (𝑃≤0.05; DMRT).