Research Article
Effect of Presprouting Plant Growth Regulators and Natural Materials on Dormancy, Growth, and Yield of Potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.)
Table 10
Means of three potato varieties on plant height and number of stems at different weeks after planting.
| Varieties | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Overall mean (cm) |
| Plant height (cm) | Shangi | 43.76a | 63.06a | 74.02a | 60.28 | Kenya Karibu | 27.47b | 48.41b | 64.64b | 46.84 | Dutch Robijn | 27.26b | 47.95b | 63.16b | 46.12 | Mean | 32.83 | 53.14 | 67.27 | | LSD | 5.33 | 8.25 | 8.42 | | CV | 19.65 | 12.98 | 10.28 | | Seasonvariety | ns | ns | ns | | Sitevariety | | ns | ns | |
| Number of stems | Shangi | 2.84a | 3.50a | 4.11a | 3.48 | Kenya Karibu | 1.91b | 2.39b | 2.94b | 2.41 | Dutch Robijn | 2.73a | 3.60a | 4.31a | 3.55 | Mean | 2.49 | 3.16 | 3.78 | | LSD | 0.60 | 0.57 | 0.61 | | CV | 33.11 | 26.08 | 23.23 | | Seasonvariety | ns | ns | ns | | Sitevariety | ns | ns | ns | |
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Key: means followed by with the same letter in the same column are not significantly different ( ). |