Table 4.

Number of sprouts and length of the longest sprout per potato tuber during storage.

Source of Essential oils (1 ml)	Frequencies	Gudene				Jalene
		Sprout numbers	Length of longest sprout (mm)			Sprout numbers	Length of longest sprout (mm)
		Weeks during storage
		16	24	28	30	16	24	28	30
Croton	1	4.0	6.7	11.3	11.7	7.7	7.0	18.5	22.0
	2	3.7	6.0	11.3	13.3	8.0	10.3	16.7	19.0
	3	6.0	8.3	10.3	12.3	6.3	13.0	21.0	24.0
Eucalyptus	1	1.7	7.7	14.3	17.3	7.3	9.3	13.3	16.0
	2	5.0	4.0	12.3	13.0	5.5	8.5	15.5	18.0
	3	5.0	11.0	13.0	15.0	5.7	11.3	19.3	22.0
Garlic	1	3.3	8.3	14.3	15.0	8.0	12.0	16.0	18.0
	2	3.0	6.3	9.7	12.3	9.3	12.3	19.0	21.0
	3	6.7	7.7	10.7	13.0	5.5	11.0	14.5	17.0
Lemongrass	1	2.7	5.7	11.3	12.7	7.7	12.7	17.3	20.0
	2	5.7	6.3	11.3	13.3	6.5	11.0	20.0	23.0
	3	4.5	6.5	10.0	12.0	6.7	10.0	16.7	20.0
Palmarosa	1	2.0	6.3	9.3	11.3	6.3	8.3	21.0	23.0
	2	5.7	7.7	15.0	16.7	4.3	14.3	18.7	21.0
	3	6.5	4.0	10.0	10.0	5.7	10.3	18.5	22.0
Rosemary	1	3.0	7.3	12.3	14.3	6.0	7.3	18.5	22.0
	2	6.0	6.7	12.7	16.7	3.0	10.0	10.0	10.0
	3	6.3	7.7	11.7	11.7	4.7	8.0	10.0	10.0
Thymus	1	2.3	4.3	9.3	12.0	5.3	10.7	15.7	18.0
	2	3.0	5.7	9.0	14.0	8.3	10.0	17.7	20.0
	3	5.0	8.0	15.0	16.0	7.5	10.0	17.3	20.0
Control		3.0	5.7	11.7	11.7	8.7	9.7	16.7	20.0
Mean (SE)		4.3 (0.34)	6.7 (0.34)	11.6 (0.39)	13.4 (0.42)	6.5 (0.33)	14.9 (0.40)	16.9 (0.63)	19.4 (0.78)