Abstract
Weeds are the major biotic factor that negatively affects organic carrot yield. As a matter of fact, weeds can reduce carrot growth from early stages to harvest because of the low competitive attitude of this vegetable. Innovative and conventional crop and weed managements were compared in an experiment carried out on farm in the Catania Plain (Sicily, Italy) in 2005-2006. Innovative planting pattern, operative machines (rolling harrow, flaming machine, precision hoe) and crop management increased carrot yield up to 8%, and also increased first category carrot yield and density, thus increasing production quality. Precision hoeing resulted in intra-row weed biomass decrease ranging between 55 to 97%, and in a total working time reduction up to 74%. Furthermore, the innovative crop and weed management systems reduced the costs for hand weeding and increased gross income.
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Claim · model-written summary
Innovative management increased carrot yield up to 8%.
- Taxon
- carrot
Daucus carotae0 - Treatment
- Innovative planting pattern, operative machines (rolling harrow, flaming machine, precision hoe) and crop managemente0
- Outcome
- carrot yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- up to 8%e0
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e0“Innovative planting pattern, operative machines (rolling harrow, flaming machine, precision hoe) and crop management increased carrot yield up to 8%”
Claim · model-written summary
Innovative management increased first-category carrot yield and density.
- Taxon
- carrotDaucus carotae0
- Treatment
- Innovative planting pattern, operative machines (rolling harrow, flaming machine, precision hoe) and crop managemente0
- Outcome
- first category carrot yield and densitye0
- Direction
- increasede0
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e0“Innovative planting pattern, operative machines (rolling harrow, flaming machine, precision hoe) and crop management increased carrot yield up to 8%, and also increased first category carrot yield and density”
Claim · model-written summary
Precision hoeing reduced intra-row weed biomass by 55 to 97%.
- Taxon
- CarrotDaucus carotat0
- Treatment
- Precision hoeinge0
- Interactor
- weede0weed
- Outcome
- intra-row weed biomasse0
- Direction
- decreasee0
- Value
- 55 to 97%e0
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t0“Organic Carrot”
e0“Precision hoeing resulted in intra-row weed biomass decrease ranging between 55 to 97%”
Claim · model-written summary
Precision hoeing reduced total working time up to 74%.
- Taxon
- CarrotDaucus carotat0
- Treatment
- Precision hoeinge0
- Outcome
- total working timee0
- Direction
- reductione0
- Value
- up to 74%e0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Organic Carrot”
e0“Precision hoeing resulted in intra-row weed biomass decrease ranging between 55 to 97%, and in a total working time reduction up to 74%”
Claim · model-written summary
Innovative crop and weed management reduced hand-weeding costs.
- Taxon
- CarrotDaucus carotat0
- Treatment
- innovative crop and weed management systemse0
- Outcome
- costs for hand weedinge0
- Direction
- reducede0
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Verbatim
t0“Organic Carrot”
e0“the innovative crop and weed management systems reduced the costs for hand weeding”
Claim · model-written summary
Innovative crop and weed management increased gross income.
- Taxon
- CarrotDaucus carotat0
- Treatment
- innovative crop and weed management systemse0
- Outcome
- gross incomee0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Organic Carrot”
e0“the innovative crop and weed management systems reduced the costs for hand weeding and increased gross income”
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