Table 4 Effect of three concentrations of clodinafop on growth and nodulation of lentil plants grown in soil inoculated with Rhizobium sp. isolate MRL3 and without bioinoculant

Uninoculated

Control

17

21

20

31

0.37

0.54

1.08

1.97

19

38

30

74

1.47

2.57

400

16

21

19

30

0.33

0.50

0.99

1.87

18

37

28

69

1.35

2.44

800

13

18

17

27

0.27

0.39

0.89

1.67

17

31

24

62

1.18

2.12

1200

9

16

15

22

0.22

0.36

0.78

1.53

12

28

21

51

1.02

1.94

Inoculated

Control

20

24

28

34

0.57

0.71

2.13

3.43

28

42

72

84

2.77

4.23

400

19

23

24

32

0.50

0.68

1.66

3.30

27

40

63

80

2.22

4.06

800

17

21

22

28

0.38

0.65

1.60

2.93

24

36

54

74

2.04

3.66

1200

14

19

19

24

0.28

0.59

1.30

2.77

19

24

43

69

62

3.43

LSD

1.7

1.5

1.8

2.2

2.7

2.4

7.1

8.3

0.5

0.8

1.2

0.9

6.5

6.9

F value

Inoculation (df = 1)

609*

667*

242*

714.6*

4717*

549*

637*

190.2*

2,680*

455*

1,145*

1,616*

1,456*

1,584*

Herbicide (df = 3)

43.3*

131.4*

28.4*

117.5*

968*

53.6*

85*

87.4*

235*

209*

475*

353*

295.3*

568*

Inoculation × herbicide (df = 3)

21.2*

65.5*

17*

27.7*

487*

31.3*

118.6*

14.2*

69*

29.5*

205*

104.7*

804*

102*