Abstract
Effective and efficient chemical weed control in intercropping systems involving legumes and cereals had remained problematic in the tropics especially in Nigeria. As a step towards solving this problem, field experiments were conducted at the teaching, and research farm of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria to evaluate the performance of cowpea in a cowpea/maize intercropping system using primextra 500FW as a pre-emergence herbicide. The experimental design was a split plot fitted into a randomized complete block with three replications. The major treatments were hoe weeding and chemical weed control using primextra while the minor treatments were sole cropped maize, sole cropped cowpea and cowpea/maize intercropped. Results show that there was no significant (P = 0.05) effect of weed control methods on the growth and yield performances of cowpea. Expectedly, primextra was more efficient in weed control than hoe weeding across the treatments. Farming system affected significantly (P = 0.05) the performances in sole cropped cowpea regardless of the weed control method. Cowpea yield from intercropping were only 51% and 58% of yield from pure stand cowpea treated with primextra and hoe weeding respectively.
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Claim · model-written summary
Weed control method had no significant effect on cowpea growth performance.
- Taxon
- cowpea
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- weed control methodse0
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- growthe0
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- no significante0
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e0“there was no significant (P = 0.05) effect of weed control methods on the growth and yield performances of cowpea”
Claim · model-written summary
Weed control method had no significant effect on cowpea yield performance.
- Taxon
- cowpeaVigna unguiculatae0
- Treatment
- weed control methodse0
- Outcome
- yield performancese0
- Direction
- no significante0
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e0“there was no significant (P = 0.05) effect of weed control methods on the growth and yield performances of cowpea”
Claim · model-written summary
Primextra controlled weeds more efficiently than hoe weeding across treatments.
- Taxon
- CowpeaVigna unguiculatat0
- Treatment
- primextrae0
- Interactor
- weede0weed
- Outcome
- weed controle0
- Direction
- more efficiente0
- Comparator
- hoe weedinge0
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e0“primextra was more efficient in weed control than hoe weeding across the treatments”
t0“Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata)”
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Farming system significantly affected sole cropped cowpea performance regardless of weed control method.
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- cowpeaVigna unguiculatae0
- Treatment
- Farming systeme0
- Outcome
- performancese0
- Qualifier
- regardless of the weed control methode0
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e0“Farming system affected significantly (P = 0.05) the performances in sole cropped cowpea regardless of the weed control method”
Claim · model-written summary
Intercropped cowpea yield was 51% of pure stand cowpea yield treated with primextra.
- Taxon
- CowpeaVigna unguiculatae0
- Treatment
- intercroppinge0
- Outcome
- Cowpea yielde0
- Direction
- onlye0
- Value
- 51%e0
- Comparator
- pure stand cowpea treated with primextrae0
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e0“Cowpea yield from intercropping were only 51% and 58% of yield from pure stand cowpea treated with primextra and hoe weeding respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Intercropped cowpea yield was 58% of pure stand cowpea yield treated with hoe weeding.
- Taxon
- CowpeaVigna unguiculatae0
- Treatment
- intercroppinge0
- Outcome
- Cowpea yielde0
- Direction
- onlye0
- Value
- 58%e0
- Comparator
- pure stand cowpea treated with primextra and hoe weedinge0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Cowpea yield from intercropping were only 51% and 58% of yield from pure stand cowpea treated with primextra and hoe weeding respectively”
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