Research Article

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

Table 8

The mean squares of three potato varieties on plant height and number of stems at different weeks after plant emergence.

Sources of variancePlant height number of stems
Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 1Week 2Week 3

Site1240.758078.3816851.2347.9879.2086.52
Season2382.939136.643168.502.642.040.65
Rep48.36127.20105.200.510.230.46
Variety7522.436204.552913.7421.5538.1446.05
Seasonvariety321.3614.0082.880.911.273.54
Sitevariety1280.011160.14711.433.652.551.87
Site SeasonRepvariety281.02674.36701.303.543.213.63
Treatment1777.431694.562280.788.7914.2219.10
Varietytreatment69.1463.0754.920.181.040.90
Error41.6347.5647.710.680.680.77
CV19.6512.9810.2733.1126.0823.22
R 20.830.860.860.650.720.73

, , , significant at (), (), (), respectively. CV: coefficient of variation, R.2: coefficient of determination.