Treatment	Rate (kg ai/ha)	Hilling (WAP)	Pot. #/middle row		Average shoot #/plant				Average leaf #/plant
Treatment	Rate (kg ai/ha)	Hilling (WAP)	50		50		70		110
Check	0	-	18.0	a	2.6	a	1.8	a	23.1	a
Hand Weeding	0	-	19.0	a	2.9	a	2.5	a	46.2	a
Metribuzin (M)	0.35	-	16.5	a	2.2	a	2.0	a	57.7	a
M	0.56	-	18.0	a	2.3	a	2.3	a	51.3	a
M	0.75	-	16.8	a	2.2	a	2.2	a	40.7	a
M	0	6	17.3	a	2.4	a	2.1	a	36.4	a
M	0.35	6	18.0	a	2.6	a	2.1	a	61.8	a
M	0.56	6	17.0	a	2.2	a	2.3	a	55.9	a
M	0.75	6	16.8	a	2.4	a	2.3	a	72.7	a
M	0	7	17.5	a	3.0	a	2.7	a	42.1	a
M	0.35	7	18.3	a	2.4	a	2.3	a	63.0	a
M	0.56	7	16.5	a	2.2	a	1.9	a	55.9	a
M	0.75	7	17.0	a	2.5	a	2.3	a	52.7	a
M	0	8	18.3	a	3.1	a	2.7	a	37.0	a
M	0.35	8	17.3	a	2.6	a	2.2	a	54.0	a
M	0.56	8	18.3	a	2.3	a	2.2	a	56.6	a
M	0.75	8	16.8	a	2.3	a	2.7	a	45.5	a