Table 6 Effect of different weed control treatments on tuber quality of potato during 2017 season
From: Comparison of safe weed control methods with chemical herbicide in potato field
Treatments | 2017 season | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TSS% | N% | P% | K% | Total carbohydrate % | Vitamin C mg/g | |
Rice straw mulch | 5.63 | 1.45 | 0.534 | 0.85 | 75.32 | 11.39 |
Wheat straw mulch | 5.75 | 1.53 | 0.682 | 0.87 | 79.40 | 11.45 |
Cheeseweed straw mulch | 5.35 | 1.60 | 0.559 | 0.79 | 76.23 | 11.34 |
Salix straw mulch | 5.72 | 1.72 | 0.732 | 0.90 | 81.45 | 11.65 |
Guava leaf straw mulch | 5.47 | 1.60 | 0.706 | 0.80 | 78.91 | 11.19 |
Banana leaf straw mulch | 5.75 | 1.75 | 0.755 | 0.95 | 82.73 | 11.79 |
Black plastic mulch | 5.55 | 1.59 | 0.736 | 0.93 | 82.00 | 11.71 |
Metribuzin | 5.61 | 1.39 | 0.606 | 0.75 | 72.71 | 11.03 |
Hoeing (twice) | 5.49 | 1.64 | 0.595 | 0.82 | 80.72 | 11.10 |
Unweeded check | 5.34 | 1.26 | 0.478 | 0.70 | 70.11 | 10.90 |
LSD 0.05 | NS | NS | 0.063 | 0.04 | 1.32 | NS |