An analysis of Sorghum halepense’s behavior in presence of tropane alkaloids from Datura stramonium extracts

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Table 3 Analysis of variance (mean squares) for various growth features of S. halepense seedlings grown at different alkaloid concentrations

Characters	MS_{Datura s}	Significance	MS_Conc	Significance	MS_Inter	Significance
Germination (%)	247.80	N.S	38.90	N.S.	141.09	N.S.
Root length (cm)	22.79	***	1.09	**	4.09	***
Seedling length (cm)	4.81	*	9.79	***	1.21	N.S.
Seedling/root ratio	11.98	***	0.82	N.S.	0.67	N.S.
Necrotic area (mm)	0.81	N.S	2.04	***	0.51	N.S.
Chlorotic area (mm)	4.31	***	1.08	***	4.31	***

*,**,***denote significance at P < 0.05, P < 0.01 and P < 0.001 respectively, N.S. = non-significant; MS _{D. stramonium} = Mean square _{D. stramonium}, MS_Conc = Mean square alkaloid concentration, MS_Inter = Mean square interaction.

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