Abstract
The experiment design was a randomised complete block of four treatments replicated three times each, 4× 3 factorial design. The plots were planted with an improved maize seed variety. Collected data include plant heights, number of leaves per plant, leaf length and breadth, the weed dry weight per square metre of each weeding and yield parameters like cob weights, cob lengths, cob circumferences and maize shelled weights. One way-ANOVA and descriptive statistics were used in data analysis. The results revealed that there was a significant effect (p= 0.0194, p= 0.0172), of the mechanically heaped and manually heaped methods on the maize plants- cobs' circumference and cobs' length. Weeds' heights and weights were higher in the manually cleared land, sprayed once plot than all others. There were stronger relationships between the independent variables, different cultivation methods and the yields of maize with the higher R 2 values of 0.76 and 1.00. Soil fertility improves via different cultivation methods as shown in maize yield. There was significant effects of mechanically heaped and manually heaped methods on the number of grains in cobs selected at random and cobs' yield weight in tonnes/acre (p= 0.044, p= 0.012).
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Claim · model-written summary
Mechanical and manual heaping significantly affected maize cobs' circumference.
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e0“significant effect (p= 0.0194, p= 0.0172), of the mechanically heaped and manually heaped methods on the maize plants- cobs' circumference and cobs' length”
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Mechanical and manual heaping significantly affected maize cobs' length.
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e0“significant effect (p= 0.0194, p= 0.0172), of the mechanically heaped and manually heaped methods on the maize plants- cobs' circumference and cobs' length”
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Weed height and weight were higher in the manually cleared, once sprayed plot than others.
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- manually cleared land, sprayed once plote0
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- Weedse0weed
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- Weeds' heights and weightse0
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- highere0
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- all otherse0
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e0“Weeds' heights and weights were higher in the manually cleared land, sprayed once plot than all others”
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Cultivation methods were strongly related to maize yields, with R² values of 0.76 and 1.00.
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e0“stronger relationships between the independent variables, different cultivation methods and the yields of maize with the higher R 2 values of 0.76 and 1.00”
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The authors infer that cultivation methods improve soil fertility as reflected in maize yield.
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e0“Soil fertility improves via different cultivation methods as shown in maize yield”
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Mechanical and manual heaping significantly affected number of grains in cobs selected at random.
- Treatment
- mechanically heaped and manually heaped methodse0
- Outcome
- number of grains in cobs selected at randome0
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e0“significant effects of mechanically heaped and manually heaped methods on the number of grains in cobs selected at random and cobs' yield weight in tonnes/acre (p= 0.044, p= 0.012)”
t0“Maize”
Claim · model-written summary
Mechanical and manual heaping significantly affected cobs' yield weight in tonnes/acre.
- Treatment
- mechanically heaped and manually heaped methodse0
- Outcome
- cobs' yield weight in tonnes/acree0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“significant effects of mechanically heaped and manually heaped methods on the number of grains in cobs selected at random and cobs' yield weight in tonnes/acre (p= 0.044, p= 0.012)”
t0“Maize”
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