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Table 3 Effect of different weed control treatments on vegetative growth traits of potato plants after 70 days from planting during 2017 and 2018 seasons

From: Comparison of safe weed control methods with chemical herbicide in potato field

Treatments

2017 season

2018 season

Plant height (cm)

Number of leaves/plant

Dry weight/plant (g)

Leaf area/plant (cm2)

Plant height (cm)

Number of leaves/plant

Dry weight/plant (g)

Leaf area/plant (cm2)

Rice straw mulch

46.33

23.42

21.82

4495.71

50.11

28.15

25.07

4630.11

Wheat straw mulch

52.52

27.72

26.90

4715.30

54.45

30.13

29.21

4830.70

Cheeseweed straw mulch

52.74

28.04

27.45

4780.12

55.93

30.75

30.00

4875.21

Salix straw mulch

50.32

26.03

26.24

4611.20

50.40

27.73

26.65

4681.10

Guava leaf straw mulch

50.11

25.42

24.53

4569.11

52.75

28.56

27.15

4765.40

Banana leaf straw mulch

53.10

28.34

28.05

4814.00

56.04

31.07

30.71

4925.12

Black plastic mulch

53.19

28.50

28.12

4820.42

56.16

31.11

30.90

4995.31

Metribuzin

48.31

25.11

23.41

4539.21

50.02

27.11

25.23

4670.30

Hoeing (twice)

47.42

23.92

22.60

4511.11

51.21

28.19

26.00

4750.50

Unweeded check

43.24

19.26

18.32

3348.80

44.31

20.13

19.70

3799.30

LSD 0.05

0.52

1.26

1.13

23.21

0.61

1.15

1.24

25.94