Research Article

Essential Oil Constituents of Tanacetum cilicicum: Antimicrobial and Phytotoxic Activities

Table 6

Effects of the essential oil from T. cilicicum on the seed germination (%), radicle, and plumule growth of L. sativa, L. sativum, and P. oleracea.

Lactuca sativaLepidium sativumPortulaca oleracea
SG (%)RL
(mm)
(mean ± SD)
PL
(mm)
(mean ± SD)
SG (%)RL
(mm)
(mean ± SD)
PL
(mm)
(mean ± SD)
SG (%)RL
(mm)
(mean ± SD)
PL
(mm)
(mean ± SD)

Control
EO (mg/mL)
 0.062
 0.125
 0.25
 0.50
 1.00
 2.00
Herbicide (mg/mL)
 0.062
 0.12507.96 ± 1,71
 0.25
 0.50
 1.00
 2.00

SG: seed germination; RL radicle length; PL plumule length; SD: standard deviation. the same column, different letters showed significant statistical differences for the applied doses of the essential oil ().