Abstract
Experiments were carried out at the Teaching and Research Farm of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, to evaluate the effects of mulching materials on okra performance during the rainy seasons of 2004 and 2005. Three mulch types – plastic mulch, grass mulch (Panicum maximum) and wood (Tectonia grandis) shavings were compared with hand weeding and no weeding control in a randomized complete block experiment with three replications. Okra growth and yield were significantly influenced by the treatments (P<0.05). Plants under plastic and grass mulches had bigger leaves and stems, as well as higher number of branches compared to those of wood shavings mulch and weedy control plots. The plants were also significantly taller and were similar to plants under the hand weeding control in these parameters (P<0.05). Plants under the weedy control were the poorest in their growth attributes. The highest yield of 12,135 kg/ha was obtained under plastic mulch, which was significantly higher than all those other treatments (P<0.05). Yields from grass mulch (6,703 kg/ha) were similar to that of the hand weeding control (6,976 kg/ha). However, these were significantly higher than those of wood shavings mulch (5,301 kg/ha). Yield from the weedy control was the lowest (946 kg/ha; 14 g/plant).
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Plastic and grass mulches produced larger leaves and stems and more branches than wood shavings mulch and weedy control.
- Taxon
- okra
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Abelmoschus esculentust0 - Treatment
- plastic and grass mulchese0
- Outcome
- bigger leaves and stems, as well as higher number of branchese0
- Direction
- biggere0
- Comparator
- wood shavings mulch and weedy control plotse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“Plants under plastic and grass mulches had bigger leaves and stems, as well as higher number of branches compared to those of wood shavings mulch and weedy control plots.”
t0“okra”
Claim · model-written summary
Mulched plants were taller and similar to hand weeded plants for the reported growth parameters.
- Taxon
- okraAbelmoschus esculentust0
- Treatment
- The plantse0
- Outcome
- tallere0
- Direction
- tallere0
- Comparator
- hand weeding controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The plants were also significantly taller and were similar to plants under the hand weeding control in these parameters (P<0.05).”
t0“okra”
Claim · model-written summary
Weedy control plants had the poorest growth attributes.
- Taxon
- okraAbelmoschus esculentust0
- Treatment
- weedy controle0
- Outcome
- growth attributese0
- Direction
- pooreste0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Plants under the weedy control were the poorest in their growth attributes.”
t0“okra”
Claim · model-written summary
Plastic mulch gave the highest yield of 12,135 kg/ha, significantly exceeding all other treatments.
- Taxon
- okraAbelmoschus esculentust0
- Treatment
- plastic mulche0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 12,135 kg/hae0
- Comparator
- all those other treatmentse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The highest yield of 12,135 kg/ha was obtained under plastic mulch, which was significantly higher than all those other treatments (P<0.05).”
t0“okra”
Claim · model-written summary
Grass mulch yielded 6,703 kg/ha, similar to hand weeding.
- Taxon
- okraAbelmoschus esculentust0
- Treatment
- grass mulche0
- Outcome
- Yieldse0
- Direction
- similare0
- Value
- 6,703 kg/hae0
- Qualifier
- 6,976 kg/hae0
- Comparator
- hand weeding controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Yields from grass mulch (6,703 kg/ha) were similar to that of the hand weeding control (6,976 kg/ha).”
t0“okra”
Claim · model-written summary
Hand weeding yielded 6,976 kg/ha and exceeded wood shavings mulch.
- Taxon
- okraAbelmoschus esculentust0
- Treatment
- hand weeding controle0
- Outcome
- wood shavings mulche0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 6,976 kg/hae0
- Qualifier
- 5,301 kg/hae0
- Comparator
- wood shavings mulche0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“hand weeding control (6,976 kg/ha). However, these were significantly higher than those of wood shavings mulch (5,301 kg/ha).”
t0“okra”
Claim · model-written summary
Grass mulch yield exceeded wood shavings mulch yield.
- Taxon
- okraAbelmoschus esculentust0
- Treatment
- grass mulche0
- Outcome
- Yieldse0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 6,703 kg/hae0
- Qualifier
- 5,301 kg/hae0
- Comparator
- wood shavings mulche0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Yields from grass mulch (6,703 kg/ha) were similar to that of the hand weeding control (6,976 kg/ha). However, these were significantly higher than those of wood shavings mulch (5,301 kg/ha).”
t0“okra”
Claim · model-written summary
Weedy control had the lowest yield, 946 kg/ha or 14 g/plant.
- Taxon
- okraAbelmoschus esculentust0
- Treatment
- weedy controle0
- Outcome
- Yielde0
- Direction
- loweste0
- Value
- 946 kg/ha; 14 g/plante0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Yield from the weedy control was the lowest (946 kg/ha; 14 g/plant).”
t0“okra”
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