Research Article

Integrated Management of Late Blight Potato (Phytophthora infestans, (Mont) de Bary) Disease through Potato Varieties and Fungicides in Lay-Armachiho District, Ethiopia

Table 6

Interaction effects of fungicide and potato variety on relative yield loss of late blight potato disease.

VarietyFungicideMY (t/ha)UMY (t/ha)TY (t/ha)RYL (%)

LocalNO2.30h8.33a10.63f24.60bc
MM5.78g6.71ba12.49fe11.41dc
RR7.63gf6.476bac14.10dfe0.00d

JaleneNO9.48ef6.01bc15.49dcf44.20ba
MM22.2c5.55bc27.75b0.04d
RR23.14c4.62dc27.76b0.00d

GudeneNO8.33gf6.94ba15.27dce19.46c
MM11.57ed5.55bc17.12dc9.70dc
RR14.34d4.62dc18.96c0.00d

BeleteNO12.03ed5.08bdc17.11dc54.34a
MM31.25b3.46ed34.71a7.39dc
RR35.64a1.84e37.48a0.00d

Significancensns
LSD (0.05%)2.842.003.9817.04
CV (%)11.0121.9311.3221.74

ns, non significant or significant at (%) or (%) respectively, means within the same column followed by the same letter(s) are not significantly different at (%); LSD = least significant difference, CV (%) = coefficient of variation, MY = marketable yield, UMY = unmarketable yield, TY = total yield, t/ha = ton per hectare, NO = control, MM = mancozeb and RR = ridomil fungicide.