Table 7 Effect of different weed control treatments on tuber quality of potato during 2018 season
From: Comparison of safe weed control methods with chemical herbicide in potato field
Treatments | 2018 season | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TSS% | N% | P% | K% | Total carbohydrate % | Vitamin C mg/g | |
Rice straw mulch | 5.67 | 1.50 | 0.661 | 0.823 | 77.75 | 10.85 |
Wheat straw mulch | 5.77 | 1.61 | 0.652 | 0.811 | 77.30 | 10.92 |
Cheeseweed straw mulch | 5.55 | 1.59 | 0.675 | 0.875 | 78.14 | 10.75 |
Salix straw mulch | 5.71 | 1.79 | 0.731 | 0.911 | 80.75 | 11.11 |
Guava leaf straw mulch | 5.52 | 1.62 | 0.645 | 0.791 | 75.11 | 10.59 |
Banana leaf straw mulch | 5.82 | 1.84 | 0.762 | 0.971 | 82.92 | 11.55 |
Black plastic mulch | 5.59 | 1.67 | 0.752 | 0.930 | 82.11 | 11.29 |
Metribuzin | 5.60 | 1.52 | 0.711 | 0.855 | 80.51 | 11.00 |
Hoeing (twice) | 5.63 | 1.72 | 0.751 | 0.952 | 81.85 | 11.42 |
Unweeded check | 5.39 | 1.21 | 0.481 | 0.711 | 71.35 | 10.65 |
LSD 0.05 | NS | NS | 0.071 | 0.052 | 1.45 | NS |