Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Prometraine plus hand weeding gave maximum potato yield of 7.04 t ha-1.

A claim from Orange-fleshed potato cultivars’ responsiveness to herbicides and weed species interruption in Njala, Moyamba District, Southern Sierra Leone. · 2023

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Prometraine plus hand weeding gave maximum potato yield of 7.04 t ha-1.

Treatment
Prometraine (5 L ha-1) and hand weeding at 4 weeks after plantinge0
Outcome
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Direction
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Value
7.04 t ha-1e0

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Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

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“The application of Prometraine (5 L ha-1) and hand weeding at 4 weeks after planting, revealed maximum herbicide efficiency index (20.65), yield (7.04 t ha-1), net field benefit (SLL 2,564.64), total variable cost (SLL 2,300.00) as well as profitability (113.48%)”

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“potato”

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Title

Orange-fleshed potato cultivars’ responsiveness to herbicides and weed species interruption in Njala, Moyamba District, Southern Sierra Leone.

Dan David Quee; Marco Daivd Tarawallie; Musa Decius Saffa; et al. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews 2023. doi:10.30574/wjarr.2023.19.3.1435

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herbicide · yield · Solanum tuberosum (potato)Results differ

61 papers: 40 positive, 21 negative or no effect

39 papers in the same direction as this claim · 18 in the opposite direction · 3 reporting no difference from an alternative

  1. negative
    Halosulfuron postemergence at the high rates reduced potato yield by 39%.

    Purple Nutsedge Control and Potato (Solanum tuberosum) Tolerance to Sulfentrazone and Halosulfuron1 · 2003

    Opposite direction

  2. negative
    Other weed removal timings, including two weeks, significantly reduced potato tuber yield.

    Effect of time of weed removal on growth and yield of potato · 1989 · compared with weed‐free

    Opposite direction

  3. negative
    Chemical weed control was not successful in early potatoes: all yields and responses were decreased by about one-third.

    Woburn irrigation, 1960–8:VI. Results for rotation crops · 1970

    Opposite direction

  4. negative
    Post-emergence flumioxazin reduced potato yield in 2011.

    Field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis L.) and redroot pigweed (Amaranthus retroflexus L.) control in potato by pre- or post-emergence applied flumioxazin and sulfosulfuron · 2013

    Opposite direction

  5. no effect
    U.S. No. 1 and total tuber yields were unaffected by herbicide treatment or timing in 1996.

    Preemergence Weed Control in Potato (Solanum tuberosum) with Ethalfluralin1 · 2000

    Opposite direction

  6. negative
    Late postemergence metribuzin significantly lowered total yield relative to preemergence treatment for all four cultivars.

    RESPONSE OF FOUR POTATO CULTIVARS TO METRIBUZIN TIME AND RATE OF APPLICATION · 1979 · compared with preemergence treatment

    Opposite direction

  7. negative
    Early injury from flumioxazin or sulfentrazone at 105 or 210 g/ha reduced tuber yield of all six potato varieties at ID in 2001.

    Potato Variety Tolerance to Flumioxazin and Sulfentrazone · 2005 · compared with nontreated controls

    Opposite direction

  8. negative
    Yield was about 22 t ha-1 in weed-free plots versus about 3 t ha-1 without control, an 86% loss.

    Critical period for weed control in potatoes in the Huambo Province (Angola) · 2011 · compared with weed-free plots

    Opposite direction

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Claims are grouped by organism, treatment and what was measured or targeted. A paper counts as positive when any of its claims in the group is positive.