Abstract
Two field experiments were performed at Mariut Research Station, Desert Research Center (DRC) during 1993 and 1994 growing seasons to study the effect of three cropping patterns i.e. alfalfa pure stand, buffel grass pure stand and alfalfa/buffel grass mixture; three organic manure rates viz., 10, 20 and 30 m3/fed., in addition to two rates of sulfur i.e. 0.4 and 0.8 ton/fed. on some growth parameters and forage yield. The experiment was arranged in a completely randomized block design with four replications. The results can be summarized as follows: 1. Growing buffel grass with alfalfa decreased plant height and leaf area of buffel grass comparing with sole crop while the reverse was true for alfalfa when mixed with buffel grass. Number of branches/plant for alfalfa were increased by mix cropping than sole cropping. Opposite results were obtained for leaf/stem ratio. Alfalfa-buffel grass mixture had a superiority of fresh or dry yield as well as accumulated yield over that of sole cropping. 2. Increasing organic manure rates from 10 to 30 m3/fed had no significant effect on plant height and leaf/stem ratio of buffel grass, meanwhile leaf area was significantly increased at 2 cuts out of six. Most of alfalfa growth characters were increased according to increasing manure rates. Moreover, dry yield as well as accumulated yields for buffel grass, alfalfa and their mixture were increased due to increase farmyard manure level. 3. Raising sulfur rates from 0.4 to 0.8 ton/fed had no significant effect on growth parameters of either buffel grass or alfalfa at most cuts taken with few exceptions. In addition, no significant responses were detected for forage yield due to sulfur application. 4. Interaction between the main factors had significant effects on some growth and yield characters at some cuts of both seasons.
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Claims 15
Claim · model-written summary
Mixing with alfalfa decreased buffel grass height and leaf area relative to sole cropping.
- Taxon
- buffel grass
Cenchrus ciliarise0 - Treatment
- Growing buffel grass with alfalfae0
- Interactor
- alfalfa
Medicago sativae0other - Outcome
- plant height and leaf areae0
- Direction
- decreasede0
- Comparator
- sole crope0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Growing buffel grass with alfalfa decreased plant height and leaf area of buffel grass comparing with sole crop”
Claim · model-written summary
Mixing with buffel grass increased alfalfa height and leaf area relative to sole cropping.
- Taxon
- alfalfaMedicago sativae0
- Treatment
- mixed with buffel grasse0
- Interactor
- buffel grassCenchrus ciliarise0other
- Outcome
- plant height and leaf areae0
- Comparator
- sole crope0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Growing buffel grass with alfalfa decreased plant height and leaf area of buffel grass comparing with sole crop while the reverse was true for alfalfa when mixed with buffel grass”
Claim · model-written summary
Mix cropping increased alfalfa branch number relative to sole cropping.
- Taxon
- alfalfaMedicago sativae0
- Treatment
- mix croppinge0
- Outcome
- Number of branches/plante0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- sole croppinge0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Number of branches/plant for alfalfa were increased by mix cropping than sole cropping”
Claim · model-written summary
Mix cropping reduced the alfalfa leaf to stem ratio.
- Taxon
- alfalfaMedicago sativat0
- Outcome
- leaf/stem ratioe0
Not reportedTreatmentComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Opposite results were obtained for leaf/stem ratio.”
t0“alfalfa”
Claim · model-written summary
The alfalfa and buffel grass mixture exceeded sole crops in fresh, dry, and accumulated forage yield.
- Taxon
- alfalfaMedicago sativae0
- Treatment
- Alfalfa-buffel grass mixturee0
- Interactor
- buffel grassCenchrus ciliarise0other
- Outcome
- fresh or dry yield as well as accumulated yielde0
- Direction
- superioritye0
- Comparator
- sole croppinge0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Alfalfa-buffel grass mixture had a superiority of fresh or dry yield as well as accumulated yield over that of sole cropping”
Claim · model-written summary
Increasing manure from 10 to 30 m3/fed did not significantly change buffel grass height or leaf to stem ratio.
- Taxon
- buffel grassCenchrus ciliarise0
- Treatment
- Increasing organic manure rates from 10 to 30 m3/fede0
- Outcome
- plant height and leaf/stem ratioe0
- Direction
- no significant effecte0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Increasing organic manure rates from 10 to 30 m3/fed had no significant effect on plant height and leaf/stem ratio of buffel grass”
Claim · model-written summary
Increasing manure significantly increased buffel grass leaf area at two of six cuts.
- Taxon
- buffel grassCenchrus ciliarise0
- Treatment
- Increasing organic manure rates from 10 to 30 m3/fede0
- Outcome
- leaf areae0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Qualifier
- at 2 cuts out of sixe0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Increasing organic manure rates from 10 to 30 m3/fed had no significant effect on plant height and leaf/stem ratio of buffel grass, meanwhile leaf area was significantly increased at 2 cuts out of six”
Claim · model-written summary
Increasing manure increased most alfalfa growth characters.
- Taxon
- alfalfaMedicago sativae0
- Treatment
- increasing manure ratese0
- Outcome
- growth characterse0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Most of alfalfa growth characters were increased according to increasing manure rates”
Claim · model-written summary
Higher farmyard manure increased dry and accumulated forage yields of buffel grass.
- Taxon
- buffel grassCenchrus ciliarise0
- Treatment
- increase farmyard manure levele0
- Outcome
- dry yield as well as accumulated yieldse0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“dry yield as well as accumulated yields for buffel grass, alfalfa and their mixture were increased due to increase farmyard manure level”
Claim · model-written summary
Higher farmyard manure increased dry and accumulated forage yields of alfalfa.
- Taxon
- alfalfaMedicago sativae0
- Treatment
- increase farmyard manure levele0
- Outcome
- dry yield as well as accumulated yieldse0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“dry yield as well as accumulated yields for buffel grass, alfalfa and their mixture were increased due to increase farmyard manure level”
Claim · model-written summary
Higher farmyard manure increased dry and accumulated forage yields of the mixture.
- Taxon
- alfalfaMedicago sativae0
- Treatment
- increase farmyard manure levele0
- Interactor
- buffel grassCenchrus ciliarise0other
- Outcome
- dry yield as well as accumulated yieldse0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“dry yield as well as accumulated yields for buffel grass, alfalfa and their mixture were increased due to increase farmyard manure level”
Claim · model-written summary
Raising sulfur from 0.4 to 0.8 ton/fed generally did not significantly change buffel grass growth.
- Taxon
- buffel grassCenchrus ciliarise0
- Treatment
- Raising sulfur rates from 0.4 to 0.8 ton/fede0
- Outcome
- growth parameterse0
- Direction
- no significant effecte0
- Qualifier
- at most cuts taken with few exceptionse0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Raising sulfur rates from 0.4 to 0.8 ton/fed had no significant effect on growth parameters of either buffel grass or alfalfa at most cuts taken with few exceptions”
Claim · model-written summary
Raising sulfur from 0.4 to 0.8 ton/fed generally did not significantly change alfalfa growth.
- Taxon
- alfalfaMedicago sativae0
- Treatment
- Raising sulfur rates from 0.4 to 0.8 ton/fede0
- Outcome
- growth parameterse0
- Direction
- no significant effecte0
- Qualifier
- at most cuts taken with few exceptionse0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Raising sulfur rates from 0.4 to 0.8 ton/fed had no significant effect on growth parameters of either buffel grass or alfalfa at most cuts taken with few exceptions”
Claim · model-written summary
Sulfur application did not significantly affect forage yield.
- Taxon
- alfalfaMedicago sativat0
- Treatment
- sulfur applicatione0
- Outcome
- forage yielde0
- Direction
- no significant responsese0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“no significant responses were detected for forage yield due to sulfur application”
t0“ALFALFA”
Claim · model-written summary
Interactions among the main factors significantly affected some growth and yield traits.
- Taxon
- alfalfaMedicago sativat0
- Treatment
- Interaction between the main factorse0
- Outcome
- growth and yield characterse0
- Qualifier
- at some cuts of both seasonse0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Interaction between the main factors had significant effects on some growth and yield characters at some cuts of both seasons”
t0“ALFALFA”
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