Claim · model-written summary
Twice applied foliar extract reduced weed biomass by 51.2%.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivumt0 - Treatment
- Foliar application (twice) of water extracte0
- Interactor
- weede0weed
- Outcome
- weed biomasse0
- Direction
- reductione0
- Value
- 51.2%e0
- Comparator
- untreated controle0
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Verbatim
e0“Foliar application (twice) of water extract was most effective. Wheat biomass increased by up to 42.9% versus 51.2% reduction in weed biomass compared to the untreated control.”
t0“wheat”
Title
M Hozayn; T A El Shahawy; El Monem A A Abd; et al. African Journal of Agricultural Research 2015. doi:10.5897/ajar2015.9482
Other claims from this paper (11)
- Intervention effect Casuarina litter incorporation improved wheat growth in pots.
- Intervention effect Casuarina litter inhibited canary grass by up to 62% over control.
- Intervention effect Germination was less affected for wheat and weeds.
- Intervention effect Wheat shoot macro and micro elements increased slightly versus control.
- Intervention effect Soil nutrient content increased.
- Intervention effect Field litter incorporation increased wheat biomass up to 27.5%.
- Intervention effect Field litter incorporation reduced weed biomass up to 27%.
- Intervention effect Twice applied foliar extract increased wheat biomass up to 42.9%.
- Intervention effect Hand pulling increased wheat yield up to 66.9%.
- Intervention effect Hand pulling increased wheat yield components from 24.4% to over 100%.
- Recommendation Authors concluded that spraying Casuarina water extract is effective for weed control in wheat fields.