Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Glyphosate plus M. pruriens gave significantly high cassava stem yield of 76.8 bundles/ha.

A claim from Eco-Friendly Methods Of Spear grass (Imperata cylindrica L.) Control in the Derived Savanna Zone Of Nigeria. · 2008

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Glyphosate plus M. pruriens gave significantly high cassava stem yield of 76.8 bundles/ha.

Treatment
glyphosate applied at 1.0kg/ha plus M. pruriens cover crope0
Interactor
M. pruriensMucuna pruriense0other
Outcome
stem yieldse0
Direction
highe0
Value
76.8 bundles/hae0

Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingQualifier

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Manihot esculenta
Manihot esculenta · Taxon葉子 · CC0 · iNaturalist ↗
Mucuna pruriens
Mucuna pruriens · InteractorDinesh Valke from Thane, India · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

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“Cassava tubers and stem yields were significantly (P < 0.05) high in glyphosate applied at 1.0kg/ha plus M. pruriens cover crop (34.9kg/ha and 76.8 bundles/ha respectively)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1248–1420

Title

Eco-Friendly Methods Of Spear grass (Imperata cylindrica L.) Control in the Derived Savanna Zone Of Nigeria.

AU Ogogo; BF Oko; JO Odey Ethiopian Journal of Environmental Studies and Management 2008. doi:10.4314/ejesm.v1i1.41571

Other claims from this paper (10)

Record rev-6501a5ea310a5cd22a3c21672c6113bb228becf1341bf6071ed4f9ce3b7612e6 · schema claims-v0.9 · position 7 in the model’s answer

glyphosate · yield · Manihot esculenta (cassava)Positive and negative results

8 papers: 6 positive, 2 negative or no effect

5 papers in the same direction as this claim · 2 in the opposite direction

  1. negative
    Two rounds of manual weeding plus post-emergence glyphosate reduced cassava root yield by 10.1% relative to four rounds of manual weeding.

    Herbicides and polythene mulching effects on yield of cassava · 2017 · compared with four rounds of manual weeding (at 1, 2, 3 and 4 MAP)

    Opposite direction

  2. negative
    Two manual weedings plus glyphosate gave an insignificant 10.1% root yield reduction versus four weedings.

    Effect of weed control methods on the yield and starch content of storage root of cassava (Manihot esculenta) and soil health · 2017 · compared with four manual weedings

    Opposite direction

  3. positive
    Indaziflam plus isoxaflutole with glyphosate gave the highest root yield.

    Increasing cassava root yield on farmers' fields in Nigeria through appropriate weed management · 2021

    Same direction

  4. positive
    Cassava tuber yields and gross returns were higher with glyphosate alone than with fluazifop-P-butyl once in 2001/2002.

    Options for Cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica) Control in White Guinea Yam (Dioscorea rotundata) and Cassava (Manihot esculenta) · 2006 · compared with fluazifop-P-butyl once

    Same direction

  5. positive
    TMS. 30572 yielded 3.88 t/ha with Glyphosate.

    An evaluation of the efficacies of four (4) selected herbicides in controlling herbicide resistant weeds in cassava cultivation in Bebi Obanliku, cross river state, Nigeria · 2025

    Same direction

  6. positive
    Cassava yield of 3.88 t/ha was among the highest under Glyphosate application.

    An evaluation of the efficacies of four (4) selected herbicides in controlling herbicide resistant weeds in cassava cultivation in Bebi Obanliku, cross river state, Nigeria · 2025

    Same direction

  7. positive
    TMS. 30572 yielded 3.88 t/ha under glyphosate.

    An evaluation of the efficacies of four (4) selected herbicides in controlling herbicide resistant weeds in cassava cultivation in Bebi Obanliku, cross river state, Nigeria · 2025

    Same direction

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Mucuna pruriens · yield · Manihot esculenta (cassava)Results agree

2 papers: 2 positive, 0 negative or no effect

1 paper in the same direction as this claim

  1. positive
    Intercropping cassava with Mucuna pruriens significantly increased cassava root yield in the first year (2.41 t·ha-1).

    Incorporation of Leguminous Cover Crops in Smallholder Cassava-Based Production System in Western Tanzania · 2017

    Same direction

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cover crop · yield · Manihot esculenta (cassava)Positive and negative results

5 papers: 3 positive, 2 negative or no effect

2 papers in the same direction as this claim · 2 in the opposite direction

  1. no effect
    One cover-crop cycle produced no significant response in plant tissue phosphorus, crop yield or AMF occurrence and structure.

    Occurrence and Structure of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Communities in Cassava after Cultivation of Cover Crops as Observed by the “PCR-DGGE” Technique · 2015

    Opposite direction

  2. no effect
    Cassava fresh tuber yield under the two pre-emergence herbicides alone with the cover crops did not differ significantly from weedy plots.

    Growth and Yield in Maize/Cassava Intercrop as Affected by Interactions of Weed Control Methods · 2010 · compared with weedy plots

    Opposite direction

  3. positive
    Almost all cover crop treatments gave higher cassava root yield than the weedy control at all locations.

    Cogongrass suppression by intercropping cover crops in corn/cassava systems · 2001 · compared with weedy control

    Same direction

  4. positive
    In 1996, with better Pueraria husbandry, cover crop-fallow increased cassava tuber yield by 41%.

    AN IMPROVED COVER CROP-FALLOW SYSTEM FOR SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF LOW ACTIVITY CLAY SOILS OF THE TROPICS · 1999

    Same 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.