Claim · model-written summary
Maize in narrow rows suffered less yield reduction from delayed hoe weeding than maize in wider rows.
- Treatment
- delaying hoe weedinge4
- Outcome
- yield reductione4
- Direction
- lesse4
- Comparator
- wider rows (75 or 90 cm)e4
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Verbatim
e4“Maize planted in narrow rows (60 cm) intercepted more radiation and suffered less yield reduction from delaying hoe weeding than those planted in wider rows (75 or 90 cm)”
Title
Narrow rows reduce biomass and seed production of weeds and increase maize yield
A.B. Mashingaidze; W. Van Der Werf; L.A.P. Lotz; et al. Annals of Applied Biology 2009. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7348.2009.00331.x
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Intervention effect Maize planted at 60 cm row distance gave higher yields than at 75 or 90 cm in Zimbabwe.
- Intervention effect Maize planted at 60 cm row distance gave better weed suppression than at 75 or 90 cm.
- Intervention effect Increasing crop density beyond three to four plants per m2 modestly reduced weed biomass in maize.
- Intervention effect Increasing crop density beyond three to four plants per m2 diminished maize crop yields.
- Intervention effect Maize in narrow 60 cm rows intercepted more radiation than maize in wider rows.
- Intervention effect Narrow maize spacing shortened the weed-free period required to attain maximum grain yield by 3 weeks.
- Intervention effect Weeding was more effective at curtailing weed seed production in narrow-row maize than in wide-row maize.
- Association Narrow row spacing may reduce weeding requirements in maize.
- Association Narrow row spacing may increase maize yields.