Claim · model-written summary
Cowpea variable cultivation cost was substantially influenced by weed control cost.
- Taxon
- cowpea
Vigna unguiculatae0 - Treatment
- weed controle0
- Outcome
- Total variable coste0
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Verbatim
e0“Total variable cost of cowpea cultivation was substantially influenced by cost of weed control.”
Title
Economics of Weed Management Methods as Influenced by Row-Spacing in Cowpea
O. Adewale Osipitan; I. Yahaya; Joseph A. Adigun Journal of Agricultural Science 2018. doi:10.5539/jas.v10n2p98
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Intervention effect One hand-weeding input cost more than one PRE-herbicide input.
- Association More frequent weed control did not guarantee greater economic benefits.
- Intervention effect Three hand weedings did not necessarily give the highest cowpea yield.
- Intervention effect Three hand weedings increased variable weed-control cost.
- Intervention effect PRE-herbicide combined with hand weeding gave the highest cowpea yield.
- Intervention effect PRE-herbicide combined with hand weeding gave the highest gross profit.
- Intervention effect PRE-herbicide alone gave the highest benefit-cost ratio.
- Association Cowpea row spacing mostly did not affect economic differences among weed-management methods.
- Association Economic benefits generally declined as cowpea row spacing increased.
- Recommendation The authors recommend minimizing hand weeding with PRE-herbicide, especially at narrow cowpea row spacing, to optimize yield and profit.