Claim · model-written summary
The authors call for alternative pest management methods based on weed and insect dynamics.
- Taxon
- cowpea
Vigna unguiculatae0 - Outcome
- alternative methods of Pests Managemente0
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Verbatim
e0“a search for alternative methods of Pests Management, which entails a quantitative understanding of the dynamics of weed and insect population outflow in cowpea agroecosystem in the humid tropics is needed”
Title
Effect of Weed Removal on Insect Populations and Yield of Cowpea [Vigna uguiculata (L) Walp]
F. O. Takim; RO Uddin 2010
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Association Weedy cowpea plots had reduced biomass, pods and grain yield.
- Intervention effect Uncontrolled weeds reduced grain yield by 50-60 % compared with one hand weeding.
- Intervention effect Uncontrolled weeds reduced grain yield by 70-80 % compared with two hand weeding.
- Intervention effect One hand weeding had 30-60 % lower yield than two hand weeding.
- Association Weedy conditions supported higher insect populations.
- Association Aphis craccivora Koch populations increased under weed free conditions.
- Association Empoasca spp. populations increased under weed free conditions.