Table 2 Impact of botanical extracts on anthracnose disease progression and on common bean growth in farmer field trial
Treatment | Number of plants infected | Disease severity score | Disease severity (%) | Plant height (cm) | Number of infected leaves | Total number of leaves per plant | Number of infected stems per plant | Number of infected pods per plant | Total number of pods per plant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Control—untreated | 0.55 a | 1.23 a | 20.55 a | 22.09 c | 0.57 a | 19.20 b | 0.44 a | 2.24 a | 8.59 d |
Azadirachta indica | 0.42 bc | 0.55 b | 9.22 b | 23.74 b | 0.40 b | 20.47 a | 0.33 b | 1.29 b | 8.88 bc |
Dysphania ambrosioides | 0.40 bc | 0.48 b | 8.14 b | 22.93 bc | 0.33 b | 19.16 b | 0.27 bc | 1.10 b | 9.10 ab |
Lippia javanica | 0.37 c | 0.48 b | 8.13 b | 23.72 b | 0.38 b | 20.32 a | 0.23 c | 1.12 b | 8.79Â cd |
Control + Mancolaxyl | 0.43 b | 0.50 b | 8.39 b | 22.96 bc | 0.35 b | 20.27 a | 0.32 b | 1.27 b | 9.21 a |
Control + Bioderma | 0.39 bc | 0.48 b | 8.05 b | 24.88 a | 0.31 b | 20.71 a | 0.25 c | 1.22 b | 9.12 ab |
R2 (%) | 0.08 | 0.36 | 0.36 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.23 | 0.05 |
F | 9.76 | 61.01 | 61.01 | 7.24 | 5.96 | 3.39 | 9.65 | 32.79 | 6.65 |
Pr > (F) |  < 0.0001 |  < 0.0001 |  < 0.0001 |  < 0.0001 |  < 0.0001 | 0.005 |  < 0.0001 |  < 0.0001 |  < 0.0001 |