Impact of Time of Weeding on Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) Growth and Yield

Table 2

Means for stalk heights (cm) at 5, 6, and 7 weeks after planting at Kutsaga Research Station in the 2012/2013 season.

Time of weed removal (W.A.P)	Weeks after planting
	5	6	7
Standard practice (Control)	9.88	13.5	28.66
2	9.05	11.18	21.59
4	8.41	10.56	18.85
6	7.66	9.97	15.82
Unweeded	5.21	7.46	11.74
Significance of F	NS	NS	***
L.S.D0.05	—	—	7.06
CV (%)	31.70	24.80	25.50

∗∗∗Denote significance at 𝑃<0.05, NS: not significant at 𝑃>0.05.