Claim · model-written summary
At 2,500 melons/ha, weeding could be delayed for only 3 months.
- Taxon
- melons
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Cucumis meloe0 - Treatment
- 2,500 melons/hae0
- Outcome
- weeding could be delayed for only 3 monthse0
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Verbatim
e0“At 2,500 melons/ha, weeding could be delayed for only 3 months after planting”
Title
Biological Weed Control in Plantains (Musa AAB) with Egusi Melon (Colocynthis citrullusL.)
J. C. Obiefuna Biological Agriculture & Horticulture 1989. doi:10.1080/01448765.1989.9754519
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Association Melon yield decreased as melon population increased.
- Intervention effect Intercropping 5,000 melons/ha suppressed weed growth for 7 months.
- Intervention effect Intercropping 5,000 melons/ha significantly enhanced plantain establishment growth and yield.
- Association Weed competition beyond 3 months at 2,500 melons/ha reduced plantain growth and yield.
- Intervention effect High density melon planting checked weed growth for 7 months.
- Intervention effect High density melon planting reduced plantain establishment, growth and yield.