Abstract
Sheep sorrel is an invasive, creeping perennial weed of lowbush blueberry fields. It is one of the most prominent weeds in blueberry fields in Nova Scotia and is responsible for decreasing yields. Three levels of fertilizer (0, 20, 40 kg N ha −1 ) and two levels of hexazinone (0 or 1.92 kg ai ha −1 ) were applied to experimental plots to determine their effects on sheep sorrel density. Sprout-year hexazinone reduced sheep sorrel densities, which led to increased yields. Fertilizer increased weed density in the absence of herbicides, had no effect on density in the presence of herbicides, tended to have no impact on floral buds, and did not increase yields. Fruiting-year hexazinone decreased sheep sorrel densities in some situations, but did not result in yield increases.
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Sprout-year hexazinone reduced sheep sorrel density.
- Taxon
- Wild Blueberryt0
- Treatment
- Sprout-year hexazinonee0
- Interactor
- sheep sorrel
Rumex acetosellae0weed - Outcome
- sheep sorrel densitiese0
- Direction
- reducede0
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Verbatim
e0“Sprout-year hexazinone reduced sheep sorrel densities”
t0“Wild Blueberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Reduced sheep sorrel density after sprout-year hexazinone increased blueberry yields.
- Taxon
- Wild Blueberryt0
- Treatment
- Sprout-year hexazinonee0
- Interactor
- sheep sorrelRumex acetosellae0weed
- Outcome
- yieldse0
- Direction
- increasede0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Sprout-year hexazinone reduced sheep sorrel densities, which led to increased yields”
t0“Wild Blueberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Fertilizer increased weed density without herbicides.
- Taxon
- Wild Blueberryt0
- Treatment
- Fertilizere0
- Outcome
- weed densitye0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Qualifier
- absence of herbicidese0
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Verbatim
e0“Fertilizer increased weed density in the absence of herbicides”
t0“Wild Blueberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Fertilizer had no effect on weed density in the presence of herbicides.
- Taxon
- Wild Blueberryt0
- Treatment
- Fertilizere1
- Outcome
- densitye0
- Direction
- no effecte0
- Qualifier
- presence of herbicidese0
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“had no effect on density in the presence of herbicides”
e1“Fertilizer increased weed density in the absence of herbicides”
t0“Wild Blueberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Fertilizer tended not to affect floral buds.
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“tended to have no impact on floral buds”
e1“Fertilizer increased weed density in the absence of herbicides”
t0“Wild Blueberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Fertilizer did not increase yields.
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Verbatim
e0“did not increase yields”
e1“Fertilizer increased weed density in the absence of herbicides”
t0“Wild Blueberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruiting-year hexazinone decreased sheep sorrel density in some situations.
- Taxon
- Wild Blueberryt0
- Treatment
- Fruiting-year hexazinonee0
- Interactor
- sheep sorrelRumex acetosellae0weed
- Outcome
- sheep sorrel densitiese0
- Direction
- decreasede0
- Qualifier
- in some situationse0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Fruiting-year hexazinone decreased sheep sorrel densities in some situations”
t0“Wild Blueberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruiting-year hexazinone did not increase yield.
- Taxon
- Wild Blueberryt0
- Treatment
- Fruiting-year hexazinonee0
- Outcome
- yield increasese0
- Direction
- did not result ine0
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“Fruiting-year hexazinone decreased sheep sorrel densities in some situations, but did not result in yield increases”
t0“Wild Blueberry”
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