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Table 1 Potato yield by three classes of tuber weight under different plastic film mulching treatments

From: Plastic film mulching with ridge planting alters soil chemical and biological properties to increase potato yields in semiarid Northwest China

Treatment

Weight (%)

2018

2019

Large potatoes (%)

Medium potatoes (%)

Small potatoes (%)

Large potatoes (%)

Medium potatoes (%)

Small potatoes (%)

FP

12.07 ± 0.52d

59.69 ± 0.37b

28.24 ± 0.24a

12.51 ± 0.37d

61.53 ± 0.46a

25.95 ± 0.24a

FPM

15.56 ± 0.11c

62.85 ± 0.62a

21.58 ± 0.65b

16.83 ± 0.25c

62.63 ± 0.40a

20.54 ± 0.28b

RPHM

17.90 ± 0.40b

62.91 ± 0.33a

19.19 ± 0.72c

19.84 ± 0.40b

62.02 ± 0.64a

18.15 ± 0.26c

RPFM

20.21 ± 0.24a

62.01 ± 0.46a

17.79 ± 0.22d

21.61 ± 0.09a

61.68 ± 0.10a

16.71 ± 0.03c

  1. Data are mean ± standard error of the three replicates. Different lowercase letters in the same column indicate significant differences among treatments (P < 0.05)
  2. FP, flat plot without film mulching; FPM, flat plot with film mulching; RPHM, ridge planting with half mulch; RPFM, ridge planting with full mulch