Tables at a glance

Table 1

Table 2

Table 3

Figures at a glance

Comments

Figure 1

Comments

Figure 2

Table 1

Fungi species	Fungal infection percentage (%)
Aspergillus flavus	51.00
Aspergillus fumigatus	4.00
Aspergillus niger	10.00
Aspergillus parasiticus	44.00
Cercosporasp	39.00
Cladosporium sp	12.50
Fusarium sp	32.50
Rhizopus stolonifer	19.00

Table 1: : Infection percentage of cowpea seeds before treatment with essential oils by isolated fungi

Table 2

Doses (µl/g)		Seed infection percentage (%)
	10 days	40 days	60 days	70 days
		Starch + C. citratus
3.00	95.50c	37.00bcd	18.00b	23.50a
7.00	95.00c	42.00cd	16.00ab	23.00ab
		Starch + C. sempervirens
3.00	96.50c	28.00abc	43.00c	24.00ab
7.00	94.50c	18.50a	11.50ab	16.50acd
		Starch + T. vulgaris
3.00	87.66b	29.00abc	9.50ab	14.50cd
7.00	94.50c	23.50ab	1.66a	2.00e
		Control
T -	62.50a	62.50d	62.50d	62.50f
T +	85.50b	85.50e	85.50e	85.50g

Table 2: : Fungal infection rates of cowpea seeds treated with starch-based essential oil formulations with respect to storage time.

Table 3

Doses (µl/g)	Seed infection percentage (%)
	10 jrs	40 days	60 days	70 days
		Biochar + C. citratus
3.00	97.50c	45.33d	10.50ab	19.50abc
7.00	97.00c	27.00ab	12.16ab	9.25de
		Biochar + C. sempervirens
3.00	99.50c	51.16de	12.00ab	27.66b
7.00	100c	44.16d	12.66ab	25.16b
		Contrôle
T -	62.50a	62.50e	62.50d	62.50f
T+	85.50b	85.50f	85.50e	85.50g

Table 3: : Fungal infection rates of cowpea seeds treated with biochar-based essential oil formulations, depending on storage period.

FIGURE 1

Figure 1: : Effect of Cymbopogon citratus essential oil formulations at the concentration of 3 µl /g depending on the substrate and storage period. Histograms with the same letter do not differ significantly at the 5% threshold (Duncan's test)

FIGURE 2

Figure 2: Effect of Cymbopogon citratus essential oil formulations at the concentration of 7µl /g depending on the substrate and storage period. Histograms with the same alphabetical letter do not differ significantly at the 5% threshold (Duncan test)