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Table 4 Effect of Ag/SiO2NC and Dithane M-45 on the yield and yield components of faba bean plants

From: Antifungal activity of silver/silicon dioxide nanocomposite on the response of faba bean plants (Vicia faba L.) infected by Botrytis cinerea

Treatmentsa

Straw yield/plant (g)

Harvest index

Mobilization index

Crop index

Non-infected and untreated control

22.70 ± 1.03cb

1.51 ± 0.03a

2.10 ± 0.11b

0.60 ± 0.03 a

Infected and treated by Ag/SiO2NC

11.30 ± 1.21a

1.40 ± 0.06a

1.70 ± 0.04a

0.58 ± 0.03a

Infected and treated by Dithane M-45

30.20 ± 0.23d

1.84 ± 0.14c

2.40 ± 0.15c

0.65 ± 0.03c

Infected and untreated control

16.40 ± 0.14b

1.68 ± 0.06b

2.10 ± 0.11b

0.63 ± 0.14b

  1. aThe treatments including control, infected plants, Ag/SiO2NC, Dithane M-45
  2. bValues within each column, means ± SE (n = 9) followed by a similar letter are not significantly different at p ≤ 0.05 using Tukey–Kramer HSD test
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