Research Article
Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Growth and Quality as Influenced by Inorganic Fertilizer Rates in Northwestern Ethiopia
Table 4
Interaction effects of phosphorus and potassium fertilizers on the tuber size distribution of potato.
| P2O5 (kg/ha−1) | K2O (kg/ha−1) | Tuber size distribution (ton/ha−1) | Very small-sized | Small-sized | Medium-sized | Large-sized |
| 0 | 0 | 0.133c | 0.22d | 11.2f | 10.0c | 100 | 0.15c | 0.23d | 12.5ef | 10.0c | 200 | 0.16c | 0.30d | 13.9ef | 11.0c | 300 | 0.16c | 0.23d | 13.7ef | 8.3c |
| 34.5 | 0 | 0.13c | 0.20d | 11.4f | 9.0c | 100 | 0.26b | 0.40bc | 20.2cd | 18.3ab | 200 | 0.33a | 0.50a | 28.3a | 20.0a | 300 | 0.23b | 0.43ab | 21.9bc | 18.0ab |
| 69 | 0 | 0.17c | 0.26d | 14.7e | 11.0c | 100 | 0.23b | 0.33c | 18.2d | 15.6b | 200 | 0.23b | 0.46ab | 24.1b | 18.2ab | 300 | 0.23b | 0.40bc | 20.1cd | 18.0ab |
| LSD | | 0.06 | 0.05 | 2.79 | 2.84 |
| CV (%) | 27.3 | 15.2 | 9.7 | 12.1 | |
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