Abstract
A field experiment was conducted during the summer season of 2016 to study the effect of different weed management practices on growth and yield of okra as well as economics of cultivation. Treatments included four different organic mulches (mango leaves, paddy straw, newspaper and coir fibre mat), mulching with black polythene sheet, hand weeding, weed management by herbicide and an unweeded control. Black polythene sheet mulching was the best treatment for weed control. Pre emergence application of pendimethalin resulted in lower weed population and dry matter production during initial period of the crop and thereafter population and dry matter increased. Among organic mulches, newspaper mulching resulted in greater weed control followed by paddy straw mulching. Higher weed control efficiency (more than 90%) was obtained with black polythene sheet throughout the crop period. Mulching with paddy straw and newspaper resulted in lower weed index than hand weeding and pre emergence application of pendimethalin. Black polythene mulching recorded higher fruit yield of 14.58 Mg ha-1, followed by paddy straw mulching and newspaper mulching (11.16 and 11.01 Mg ha-1). Highest B:C ratio was also obtained with black polythene mulching.
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Claims 11
Claim · model-written summary
Black polythene sheet mulch gave the best weed control.
- Taxon
- okra ( Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench.)
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Abelmoschus esculentust0 - Treatment
- Black polythene sheet mulchinge0
- Outcome
- weed controle0
- Direction
- beste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
t0“okra ( Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench.)”
e0“Black polythene sheet mulching was the best treatment for weed control.”
Claim · model-written summary
Pendimethalin reduced weed population and dry matter during the initial crop period.
- Taxon
- okra ( Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench.)Abelmoschus esculentust0
- Treatment
- Pre emergence application of pendimethaline0
- Outcome
- weed population and dry matter productione0
- Direction
- lowere0
- Qualifier
- initial period of the crope0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“okra ( Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench.)”
e0“Pre emergence application of pendimethalin resulted in lower weed population and dry matter production during initial period of the crop and thereafter population and dry matter increased.”
Claim · model-written summary
Weed population and dry matter increased after the initial period following pendimethalin.
- Taxon
- okra ( Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench.)Abelmoschus esculentust0
- Treatment
- Pre emergence application of pendimethaline0
- Outcome
- population and dry mattere0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Qualifier
- thereaftere0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“okra ( Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench.)”
e0“Pre emergence application of pendimethalin resulted in lower weed population and dry matter production during initial period of the crop and thereafter population and dry matter increased.”
Claim · model-written summary
Newspaper mulch provided greater weed control among organic mulches.
- Taxon
- okra ( Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench.)Abelmoschus esculentust0
- Treatment
- newspaper mulchinge0
- Outcome
- weed controle0
- Direction
- greatere0
- Comparator
- paddy straw mulchinge0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“okra ( Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench.)”
e0“Among organic mulches, newspaper mulching resulted in greater weed control followed by paddy straw mulching.”
Claim · model-written summary
Black polythene mulch gave weed control efficiency above 90% throughout the crop period.
- Taxon
- okra ( Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench.)Abelmoschus esculentust0
- Treatment
- black polythene sheete0
- Outcome
- weed control efficiencye0
- Direction
- Highere0
- Value
- more than 90%e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“okra ( Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench.)”
e0“Higher weed control efficiency (more than 90%) was obtained with black polythene sheet throughout the crop period.”
Claim · model-written summary
paddy straw mulch gave a lower weed index than hand weeding and pendimethalin.
- Taxon
- okra ( Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench.)Abelmoschus esculentust0
- Treatment
- paddy strawe0
- Outcome
- weed indexe0
- Direction
- lowere0
- Comparator
- hand weeding and pre emergence application of pendimethaline0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“okra ( Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench.)”
e0“Mulching with paddy straw and newspaper resulted in lower weed index than hand weeding and pre emergence application of pendimethalin.”
Claim · model-written summary
newspaper mulch gave a lower weed index than hand weeding and pendimethalin.
- Taxon
- okra ( Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench.)Abelmoschus esculentust0
- Treatment
- newspapere0
- Outcome
- weed indexe0
- Direction
- lowere0
- Comparator
- hand weeding and pre emergence application of pendimethaline0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“okra ( Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench.)”
e0“Mulching with paddy straw and newspaper resulted in lower weed index than hand weeding and pre emergence application of pendimethalin.”
Claim · model-written summary
Black polythene mulching produced fruit yield of 14.58 Mg ha-1.
- Taxon
- okra ( Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench.)Abelmoschus esculentust0
- Treatment
- Black polythene mulchinge0
- Outcome
- fruit yielde0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 14.58 Mg ha-1e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“okra ( Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench.)”
e0“Black polythene mulching recorded higher fruit yield of 14.58 Mg ha-1, followed by paddy straw mulching and newspaper mulching (11.16 and 11.01 Mg ha-1).”
Claim · model-written summary
paddy straw mulching produced fruit yield of 11.16.
- Taxon
- okra ( Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench.)Abelmoschus esculentust0
- Treatment
- paddy straw mulchinge0
- Outcome
- fruit yielde0
- Value
- 11.16e0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“okra ( Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench.)”
e0“Black polythene mulching recorded higher fruit yield of 14.58 Mg ha-1, followed by paddy straw mulching and newspaper mulching (11.16 and 11.01 Mg ha-1).”
Claim · model-written summary
newspaper mulching produced fruit yield of 11.01 Mg ha-1.
- Taxon
- okra ( Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench.)Abelmoschus esculentust0
- Treatment
- newspaper mulchinge0
- Outcome
- fruit yielde0
- Value
- 11.01 Mg ha-1e0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“okra ( Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench.)”
e0“Black polythene mulching recorded higher fruit yield of 14.58 Mg ha-1, followed by paddy straw mulching and newspaper mulching (11.16 and 11.01 Mg ha-1).”
Claim · model-written summary
Black polythene mulch had the highest benefit-cost ratio.
- Taxon
- okra ( Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench.)Abelmoschus esculentust0
- Treatment
- black polythene mulchinge0
- Outcome
- B:C ratioe0
- Direction
- Higheste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“okra ( Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench.)”
e0“Highest B:C ratio was also obtained with black polythene mulching.”
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