Paper · 1983 · Experimental Agriculture

Performance of Cowpeas on an Inland Valley Swamp in the Dry Season in Sierra Leone

E. R. Rhodes

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Abstract

Summary Three cowpea cultivars were grown in the dry season on an inland valley swamp. Rice straw was used to mulch the plots and all seeds were pelleted with nitramolybdenum before planting. Fertilization with N, P and Mo and cultivar differences affected pod production and seed yield, but differences in plant population or inoculation with Rhizobium did not affect nodule weight, pod no. m −2 , pod weight or seed yield significantly. Seed yields of 0.91 t ha −1 from an improved cultivar and 0.83 t ha −1 from the local type were obtained. Even with heavy mulching there could be variations in seed yield in undeveloped inland valley swamps because of changes in microrelief.

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Claims 6

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Fertilization with N, P and Mo affected pod production and seed yield.

Treatment
Fertilization with N, P and Moe0
Outcome
pod production and seed yielde0

Not reportedComparatorDirection

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Vigna unguiculata
Vigna unguiculata · TaxonHeraldDesa at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Fertilization with N, P and Mo and cultivar differences affected pod production and seed yield”

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“Three cowpea cultivars”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Cultivars differed in pod production and seed yield.

Outcome
pod production and seed yielde0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Vigna unguiculata
Vigna unguiculata · TaxonHeraldDesa at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Fertilization with N, P and Mo and cultivar differences affected pod production and seed yield”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 192–286 · show in text ↑
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“Three cowpea cultivars”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectnot significant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Plant population did not significantly affect nodule weight, pod number, pod weight, or seed yield.

Treatment
differences in plant populatione0
Outcome
nodule weight, pod no. m −2 , pod weight or seed yielde0
Direction
did not affecte0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Vigna unguiculata
Vigna unguiculata · TaxonHeraldDesa at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“differences in plant population or inoculation with Rhizobium did not affect nodule weight, pod no. m −2 , pod weight or seed yield significantly”

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“Three cowpea cultivars”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectnot significant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Rhizobium inoculation did not significantly affect nodule weight, pod number, pod weight, or seed yield.

Treatment
inoculation with Rhizobiume0
Interactor
RhizobiumRhizobiume0symbiont
Outcome
nodule weight, pod no. m −2 , pod weight or seed yielde0
Direction
did not affecte0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Vigna unguiculata
Vigna unguiculata · TaxonHeraldDesa at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Rhizobium
Rhizobium · Interactor · picture of the genus (one of its species)Ninjatacoshell · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“inoculation with Rhizobium did not affect nodule weight, pod no. m −2 , pod weight or seed yield significantly”

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“Three cowpea cultivars”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

An improved cultivar yielded 0.91 t ha −1.

Material
improved cultivare0
Outcome
Seed yieldse0
Value
0.91 t ha −1e0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Vigna unguiculata
Vigna unguiculata · TaxonHeraldDesa at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Seed yields of 0.91 t ha −1 from an improved cultivar and 0.83 t ha −1 from the local type were obtained”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 439–543 · show in text ↑
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“Three cowpea cultivars”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

The local type yielded 0.83 t ha −1.

Material
local typee0
Outcome
Seed yieldse0
Value
0.83 t ha −1e0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Vigna unguiculata
Vigna unguiculata · TaxonHeraldDesa at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Seed yields of 0.91 t ha −1 from an improved cultivar and 0.83 t ha −1 from the local type were obtained”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 439–543 · show in text ↑
e1

“Three cowpea cultivars”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 8–30 · show in text ↑

Rhizobium · symbiosis · Vigna unguiculata (cowpea)Results differ

21 papers: 18 positive, 3 negative or no effect

2 papers in the same direction as this paper · 18 in the opposite direction

  1. positive
  2. positive
  3. positive

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inoculation · symbiosis · Vigna unguiculata (cowpea)Results differ

69 papers: 57 positive, 12 negative or no effect

11 papers in the same direction as this paper · 57 in the opposite direction

  1. positive
  2. positive
  3. positive

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density · symbiosis · Vigna unguiculata (cowpea)Positive and negative results

4 papers: 3 positive, 1 negative or no effect

3 in the opposite direction

  1. positive
  2. positive
  3. positive
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