Effect of Presprouting Plant Growth Regulators and Natural Materials on Dormancy, Growth, and Yield of Potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.)

Table 6

Means effects of plant growth regulators and natural materials are on germinated plants (stand count) at different weeks after planting.

Stand count
Treatments	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Overall mean
Grass	12.64a	14.83a	16.56a	17.44b	15.36
BL	12.89a	15.50a	16.61a	18.11a	15.78
Soil	10.89b	13.58b	15.31b	16.58c	14.09
BAP	8.64c	12.06cd	14.11c	15.39de	12.55
GA3	9.28c	12.33c	14.22c	15.56d	12.85
Zeatin	8.58c	11.39d	13.36d	14.92e	12.06
Control	4.58d	7.47e	9.83e	11.81f	8.42
LSD	1.03	0.85	0.69	0.62
Variety
Season		ns		ns
Site
Seasonvariety	ns	ns	ns	ns
Site variety	ns	ns	ns	ns

Key: means followed by the same letter in the same column are not significantly different ().