Claim · model-written summary
The number of weed taxa per field ranged from 19 to 61, averaging 41.
- Taxon
- alfalfa
Medicago sativat0 - Outcome
- number of weed taxa per fielde4
- Value
- 19 to 61e4
- Qualifier
- average of 41e4
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Verbatim
t0“Weed flora in irrigated alfalfa”
e4“The number of weed taxa per field varied from 19 to 61, with an average of 41”
Title
Tanji, Abbes; Chambouleyron, Mathieu; Léger, Jean-François DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) 2026. doi:10.34874/imist.prsm/afrimed-i150.63318
Other claims from this paper (8)
- Observation Irrigated alfalfa fields along the Moulouya wadi hosted 205 weed taxa from 39 plant families.
- Observation Broad-leaved weeds dominated the weed flora, at 77% of weed taxa.
- Observation Annual weeds represented 110 taxa, or 54% of the weed taxa.
- Observation Weeds with high cover (5 to 25%) included Cynodon dactylon and Echinochloa colona, among others.
- Observation Weeds poisonous to livestock were recorded in the alfalfa fields, including Datura stramonium.
- Observation Weed cover was in general below 10% in the surveyed alfalfa fields.
- Recommendation Cutting weedy alfalfa for hay is effective for weed management.
- Observation Alfalfa was inter-cropped with olive trees in 77% of the surveyed fields.