Claim · model-written summary
Maize yield fell 25.11% at 12 Croton plants per square metre versus weed free plots.
- Treatment
- 12e0
- Interactor
- Croton hirtus
Croton hirtust0weed - Outcome
- maize yielde0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Value
- 25.11%e0
- Comparator
- weed-free plotse0
Zea maysNot reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“maize yield at weed infestation levels of 6, 12, 18, and 31 plants m-² was reduced by 19.76%, 25.11%, 27.21%, and 32.48%, respectively, compared to weed-free plots”
t0“Croton hirtus (Euphorbiaceae) in Maize”
Title
Arsène Gué; Souleymane Diomandé; Moreto Salla Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology 2025. doi:10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i123394
Other claims from this paper (8)
- Observation Croton hirtus seedlings emerged strongly at the start of the growing season.
- Intervention effect Hoeing caused strong Croton seedling emergence.
- Intervention effect Crop selective herbicides delayed weed emergence one week versus hoeing.
- Observation Weed free maize yielded 3.84 t ha⁻¹.
- Intervention effect Maize yield fell 19.76% at 6 Croton plants per square metre versus weed free plots.
- Intervention effect Maize yield fell 27.21% at 18 Croton plants per square metre versus weed free plots.
- Intervention effect Maize yield fell 32.48% at 31 Croton plants per square metre versus weed free plots.
- Recommendation The authors propose keeping Croton density below 12 plants per square metre using selective herbicides.