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% Germination reduction
Barley > okra > maize > mustard > pea > wheat > lentil > gram
Okra > barley > maize > mustard > wheat > lentil > pea > gram
Okra > barley > mustard > wheat > maize > lentil > pea > gram
Root growth
Okra > barley > mustard > maize > wheat > pea > lentil > gram
Okra > barley > maize > wheat > lentil > gram > mustard > pea
Okra > barley > maize > lentil > gram > pea > wheat > mustard
Shoot growth
Okra > maize > barley > Gram > wheat > lentil > mustard > pea
Okra > barley > maize > gram > wheat > lentil > mustard > pea
Okra > barley > maize > gram > wheat > lentil > mustard > pea
Germination (%)
Root growth
Shoot growth
5.25
0.18
0.07
7.43
0.25
0.11
14.86
0.52
0.22
100
Germination (%)
90
80
b
b
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Control
Leaf
Root
Seed
Type of extracts
120
Germination (%)
100
b
e
de
d
80
60
b
b
40
a
20
0
Lentil
Gram
Wheat
Okra
Pea
Test crops
Figure1. (a) Germination (%) at different Ocimum extracts (leaf, root, seed and control: only distilled water), (b) Germination (%) of
different test crop seeds. (Bar denotemean; Bar diagrams followed by the same letter do not differ significantly at p<0.05 by Duncans
multiple range test).
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1.6
1.4
1.2
1
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
Control
Leaf
Root
Seed
Type of extracts
2.5
de
1.5
cd
c
0.5
a
0
Lentil
Gram
Wheat
Okra
Pea
Test crops
Figure 2. (a) Root elongation (cm) at different Ocimum extracts (leaf, root, seed and control: only distilled water), (b) Root elongation
(cm) of different test crop seeds. (Bar denotes mean; Bar diagrams followed by the same letter do not differ significantly at p<0.05 by
Duncans multiple range test).
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0.8
0.7
0.6
Root
Seed
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0
Control
Leaf
Type of extracts
1.4
1.2
1
0.8
0.6
0.4
ab
a
0.2
0
Lentil
Gram
Wheat
Okra
Pea
Test crops
Figure 3. (a) Shoot growth (cm) at different Ocimum extracts (leaf, root, seed and control: only distilled water), (b) Root elongation (cm)
of different test crop seeds. (Bar denotes mean; Bar diagrams followed by the same letter do not differ significantly at p<0.05 by
Duncans multiple range test).
Acknowledgement
Authors are highly grateful to Director, Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CSIR), Lucknow, India
for providing necessary facilities during investigation. This study was financially supported by Council of Scientific
and Industrial Research, New Delhi, India.
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