Claim · model-written summary
Twelve weed species, including bermudagrass, crabgrass and goosegrass, were key contributors to the differences in species composition between fertiliser regimes and agroecological zones.
- Taxon
- weed florat0
- Outcome
- key contributors to the differences in species compositione1
- Value
- Twelve weed speciese1
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Verbatim
t0“weed flora”
e1“Twelve weed species, including bermudagrass, crabgrass, and goosegrass, were key contributors to the differences in species composition between fertiliser regimes and agroecological zones”
Title
Temnotfo L. Mncube; Ethel E. Phiri; Henry R. Mloza-Banda; et al. The Journal of Agricultural Science 2026. doi:10.1017/s0021859625100488
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Intervention effect Cattle manure only gave higher weed species richness and diversity than the inorganic fertiliser only regime.
- Intervention effect Cattle manure plus inorganic fertiliser gave higher weed species richness and diversity than the inorganic fertiliser only regime.
- Observation Weed seed distribution did not differ between sampling depths.
- Intervention effect Weed seed distribution did not differ between fertiliser regimes.
- Observation The twelve key weed species were the most prevalent weeds in the seed bank.
- Recommendation Proper cattle manure composting is recommended to mitigate weed proliferation and enhance sustainable maize production.