From: Comparison of safe weed control methods with chemical herbicide in potato field
Treatments | 2017 season | 2018 season | ||||||
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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 |