Abstract
A field experiment was conducted to study the effect of non-chemical weed management practices on weeds, growth and yield of organic tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.). It was conducted at Western block, Horticultural College and Research Institute, Periyakulam during Kharif season of the years 2021 and 2022. The experiment was carried out in randomized block design with eight treatments and three replications. Tomato variety PKM 1 was raised at a spacing of 60 x 45 cm. Treatments include: tamarind leaf mulch at 4 t/ha; mango leaf mulch at 4 t/ha; paddy straw mulch at 5 t/ha; black polythene mulch (50 micron); live mulch with multi varietal grains (Navathaniyam) at 50 kg/ha; mechanical weeding twice at 15 and 30 days after transplanting (DAT); hand weeding twice at 15 and 30 DAT and unweeded control. Among different non-chemical weed management treatments, hand weeding twice at 15 and 30 DAT and black polythene mulch recorded significantly lowest grass, sedge and broad-leaved weed density and total biomass and higher weed control efficiency. Tomato plant growth parameters, viz. plant height and number of branches were higher with hand weeding twice at 15 and 30 DAT and black polythene mulch. Hand weeding twice at 15 and 30 DAT recorded significantly higher tomato fruit yield and higher net returns ( 3,87,000) and B: C (2.87) and was followed by black polythene mulch which recorded higher net returns of 3,00,500 and B: C of 2.25.
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Claim · model-written summary
Hand weeding twice reduced grass, sedge and broad-leaved weed density and biomass.
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- tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- hand weeding twice at 15 and 30 DATe0
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- weede0weed
- Outcome
- grass, sedge and broad-leaved weed density and total biomasse0
- Direction
- loweste0
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e0“hand weeding twice at 15 and 30 DAT and black polythene mulch recorded significantly lowest grass, sedge and broad-leaved weed density and total biomass and higher weed control efficiency.”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Black polythene mulch reduced weed density and biomass.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- black polythene mulche0
- Interactor
- weede0weed
- Outcome
- grass, sedge and broad-leaved weed density and total biomasse0
- Direction
- loweste0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“hand weeding twice at 15 and 30 DAT and black polythene mulch recorded significantly lowest grass, sedge and broad-leaved weed density and total biomass and higher weed control efficiency.”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Hand weeding and black polythene mulch increased tomato height and branch number.
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- TomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- hand weeding twice at 15 and 30 DATe0
- Outcome
- plant height and number of branchese0
- Direction
- highere0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Tomato plant growth parameters, viz. plant height and number of branches were higher with hand weeding twice at 15 and 30 DAT and black polythene mulch.”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Hand weeding twice increased fruit yield and net returns.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- Hand weeding twice at 15 and 30 DATe0
- Outcome
- fruit yielde0
- Direction
- highere0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Hand weeding twice at 15 and 30 DAT recorded significantly higher tomato fruit yield and higher net returns ( 3,87,000) and B: C (2.87)”
t0“tomato”
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