Abstract
An experiment was carried out at the University of Ghana farm, Legon, during the minor rainy season of 2008 to ascertain the potential role of basil (Ocimum basilicum) as an intercrop for biological pest management in okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) production. The experimental design was a split-split-plot with three replications. Main plot treatments were pure okra and basil-okra intercrops; subplot treatment comprised insect pest and disease control while sub-sub plots comprised weed control regimes. Results showed a potential reduction in insect pest population in the basil-okra intercrops resulting in a 23% decrease in insect pests compared to the pure stand okra. An interaction between okra-basil intercrop and insecticide resulted in approximately 39% reduction in insect pest population. Effects on okra fruit yield and weed control in the intercrop compared to the okra pure stands were not significant. There were no positive interactions among the factors for fruit yield and weed control.
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Claims 4
Claim · model-written summary
The basil-okra intercrop reduced insect pest population by 23% compared with pure okra.
- Taxon
- okra
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Abelmoschus esculentuse0 - Treatment
- basil-okra intercropse1
- Interactor
- insect pestse1pest
- Outcome
- insect pest populatione1
- Direction
- reductione1
- Value
- 23%e1
- Comparator
- pure stand okrae1
- Setting
- University of Ghana farm, Legone5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e1“Results showed a potential reduction in insect pest population in the basil-okra intercrops resulting in a 23% decrease in insect pests compared to the pure stand okra”
e0“as an intercrop for biological pest management in okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) production”
e5“An experiment was carried out at the University of Ghana farm, Legon”
Claim · model-written summary
The interaction of okra-basil intercrop and insecticide reduced insect pest population by approximately 39%.
- Taxon
- okraAbelmoschus esculentuse0
- Treatment
- okra-basil intercrop and insecticidee2
- Interactor
- insect peste2pest
- Outcome
- insect pest populatione2
- Direction
- reductione2
- Value
- 39%e2
- Setting
- University of Ghana farm, Legone5
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e2“An interaction between okra-basil intercrop and insecticide resulted in approximately 39% reduction in insect pest population”
e0“as an intercrop for biological pest management in okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) production”
e5“An experiment was carried out at the University of Ghana farm, Legon”
Claim · model-written summary
Okra fruit yield and weed control in the intercrop were not significantly different from the pure okra stands.
- Taxon
- okraAbelmoschus esculentuse0
- Treatment
- intercrope3
- Outcome
- okra fruit yield and weed controle3
- Direction
- not significante3
- Comparator
- okra pure standse3
- Setting
- University of Ghana farm, Legone5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e3“Effects on okra fruit yield and weed control in the intercrop compared to the okra pure stands were not significant”
e0“as an intercrop for biological pest management in okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) production”
e5“An experiment was carried out at the University of Ghana farm, Legon”
Claim · model-written summary
There were no positive interactions among the factors for okra fruit yield and weed control.
- Taxon
- okraAbelmoschus esculentuse0
- Treatment
- interactions among the factorse4
- Outcome
- fruit yield and weed controle4
- Direction
- no positive interactionse4
- Setting
- University of Ghana farm, Legone5
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e4“There were no positive interactions among the factors for fruit yield and weed control”
e0“as an intercrop for biological pest management in okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) production”
e5“An experiment was carried out at the University of Ghana farm, Legon”
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