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

Table 3

Activity of invertase* under the impact of different concentrations of selected fungicides in Black clay soil (a) and Red sandy loam soil (b) for 24 hours and 48 hours after 10 days.

(a)

Concentration of fungicides (Kg ha^−1)	Propiconazole (Tilt)		Chlorothalonil (Kavach)
	Black clay soil
	24 hrs	48 hrs	24 hrs	48 hrs
0.0	827 ± 1.154^a	915 ± 8.660^a	827 ± 1.154^a	915 ± 1.154^a
1.0	911 ± 5.773^b	1002 ± 1.154^b	896 ± 2.309^b	931 ± 17.320^b
2.5	1152 ± 1.154^c	1190 ± 1.154^c	976 ± 1.732^c	1062 ± 1.154^b
5.0	963 ± 1.732^d	1064 ± 1.154^d	1183 ± 1.732^d	1220 ± 2.309^d
7.5	904 ± 2.309^b	984 ± 0.577^e	963 ± 1.732^e	1002 ± 1.154^d
10.0	751 ± 0.577^e	821 ± 0.577^f	726 ± 1.732^f	848 ± 1.154^e

(b)

Concentration of fungicides (Kg ha^−1)	Propiconazole (Tilt)		Chlorothalonil (Kavach)
	Red sandy loam soil
	24 hrs	48 hrs	24 hrs	48 hrs
0.0	827 ± 1.154^a	915 ± 8.660^a	827 ± 1.154^a	915 ± 1.154^a
1.0	911 ± 5.773^b	1002 ± 1.154^b	896 ± 2.309^b	931 ± 17.320^b
2.5	1152 ± 1.154^c	1190 ± 1.154^c	976 ± 1.732^c	1062 ± 1.154^b
5.0	963 ± 1.732^d	1064 ± 1.154^d	1183 ± 1.732^d	1220 ± 2.309^d
7.5	904 ± 2.309^b	984 ± 0.577^e	963 ± 1.732^e	1002 ± 1.154^d
10.0	751 ± 0.577^e	821 ± 0.577^f	726 ± 1.732^f	848 ± 1.154^e

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