Claim · model-written summary
Commelina benghalensis reduced guava leaf number, leaf area and total dry matter.
- Taxon
- guava plants
Psidium guajavae0 - Treatment
- C. benghalensise0
- Interactor
- C. benghalensis
Commelina benghalensise0weed - Outcome
- number of leaves, leaf area and total dry mattere0
- Direction
- reducinge0
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Verbatim
e0“W. indica and C. benghalensis were the most competitive species, reducing the number of leaves, leaf area and total dry matter of guava plants.”
Title
Competitive interaction between guava and weeds: Effect on initial growth
Melo, Marlenildo Ferreira; Mendonça, Vander; Silva, Daniel Valadão; et al. Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics (University of Kassel) 2019. doi:10.17170/kobra-20191127813
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Observation Competition negatively affected growth of guava plants, while only guava suffered negative growth effects.
- Intervention effect Waltheria indica reduced guava leaf number, leaf area and total dry matter.
- Association Guava produced more root biomass in competition.
- Association Waltheria indica produced more root biomass in competition with guava.
- Association Bidens subalternans was not affected by guava presence.
- Association Commelina benghalensis was not affected by guava presence.