Abstract
Precision agriculture is about applying solutions that serve to obtain a high yield from the optimization of resources and the development of technologies based on the collection and use of precise data. Precision agriculture, including camera-guided row detection and hydraulic steering, is often used as an alternative because crop damage can be decreased and driving speed can be increased, comparable to herbicide applications. The effects of different approaches, such as uncontrolled (UC), mechanical weed control (MWC), herbicide weed control (HWC), and mechanical + herbicide control (MWC + HWC), on weed density and yield of sugar beet were tested and evaluated in two trials (2021 and 2022) in South Transylvania Depression at the tested intervals BBCH 19 and 31. Weed control efficacy (WCE) depends on the emergence of the weeds and a good timing of weed controls in all the trials and methods, though the highest yield of sugar beet roots was recorded in the treatment MWC + HWC, with an increase up to 12–15% (56.48 t ha−1) yield from HWC (50.22 t ha−1) and a yield increase of more than 35–40% than MWC (42.34 t ha−1). Our trials show that it is possible to increase yield and have fewer chemical applications with the introduction of new precision technologies in agriculture, including sensor-guided mechanical controls.
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Claim · model-written summary
Weed control efficacy depended on weed emergence and timing.
- Taxon
- Sugar Beet
Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgarist0 - Treatment
- weed controlse0
- Outcome
- Weed control efficacy (WCE)e0
- Qualifier
- emergence of the weeds and a good timing of weed controlse0
Not reportedDirection
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Verbatim
e0“Weed control efficacy (WCE) depends on the emergence of the weeds and a good timing of weed controls in all the trials and methods”
t0“Sugar Beet”
Claim · model-written summary
Combined mechanical and herbicide control produced the highest sugar beet root yield of 56.48 t ha−1.
- Taxon
- sugar beetBeta vulgaris subsp. vulgarise0
- Treatment
- MWC + HWCe0
- Outcome
- yield of sugar beet rootse0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 56.48 t ha−1e0
- Qualifier
- 50.22 t ha−1e0
- Comparator
- HWCe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the highest yield of sugar beet roots was recorded in the treatment MWC + HWC, with an increase up to 12–15% (56.48 t ha−1) yield from HWC (50.22 t ha−1)”
Claim · model-written summary
Combined control increased root yield 12–15% over herbicide control.
- Taxon
- Sugar BeetBeta vulgaris subsp. vulgarist0
- Treatment
- MWC + HWCe0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Value
- 12–15%e0
- Comparator
- HWCe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the highest yield of sugar beet roots was recorded in the treatment MWC + HWC, with an increase up to 12–15% (56.48 t ha−1) yield from HWC (50.22 t ha−1)”
t0“Sugar Beet”
Claim · model-written summary
Combined control increased yield more than 35–40% over mechanical control.
- Taxon
- Sugar BeetBeta vulgaris subsp. vulgarist0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Value
- 35–40%e0
- Qualifier
- 42.34 t ha−1e0
- Comparator
- MWCe0
Not reportedTreatment
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“a yield increase of more than 35–40% than MWC (42.34 t ha−1)”
t0“Sugar Beet”
Claim · model-written summary
Sensor-guided mechanical control may increase yield and reduce chemical applications.
- Taxon
- Sugar BeetBeta vulgaris subsp. vulgarist0
- Outcome
- increase yield and have fewer chemical applicationse0
- Qualifier
- sensor-guided mechanical controlse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“it is possible to increase yield and have fewer chemical applications with the introduction of new precision technologies in agriculture, including sensor-guided mechanical controls”
t0“Sugar Beet”
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