Abstract
Intercropping pigeon pea with various other crops reduced weed growth by 75%. The crop-weed balance in the intercrop system was influenced by many factors such as crop species and variety, plant population, crop geometry, soil types and herbicides. Among the various intercrops maize, cowpea [Vigna unguiculata] and pearl millet [Pennisetum americanum] showed an initial weed-smothering effect while groundnut was effective at later stages of crop growth. Weed growth in the compact type of pigeon pea (HY3A) was substantially higher than in the spreading type (ST1). Within the intercrop system, row arrangement did not influence weed infestation but the increase in population pressure resulted in considerable decreases in weed DM weights. Among the different herbicides evaluated in various systems, alachlor at 1 kg/ha in maize + pigeon pea caused initial toxicity to pigeon pea while prometryne, terbutryne and ametryne proved promising in sorghum + pigeon pea. From summary
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Intercropping pigeon pea with other crops reduced weed growth by 75%.
- Taxon
- pigeon pea
Cajanus cajane0 - Treatment
- Intercropping pigeon pea with various other cropse0
- Interactor
- weede0weed
- Outcome
- weed growthe0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Value
- 75%e0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Intercropping pigeon pea with various other crops reduced weed growth by 75%.”
Claim · model-written summary
Maize, cowpea, and pearl millet intercrops initially smothered weeds.
- Taxon
- pigeon peaCajanus cajane1
- Treatment
- maize, cowpea [Vigna unguiculata] and pearl millet [Pennisetum americanum]e0
- Interactor
- weede0weed
- Outcome
- weed-smothering effecte0
- Direction
- weed-smotheringe0
- Qualifier
- initiale0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Among the various intercrops maize, cowpea [Vigna unguiculata] and pearl millet [Pennisetum americanum] showed an initial weed-smothering effect”
e1“Intercropping pigeon pea with various other crops reduced weed growth by 75%.”
Claim · model-written summary
Groundnut intercrops controlled weeds later in crop growth.
- Taxon
- pigeon peaCajanus cajant0
- Treatment
- groundnute0
- Outcome
- effectivee0
- Direction
- effectivee0
- Qualifier
- later stages of crop growthe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“groundnut was effective at later stages of crop growth.”
t0“Intercropping pigeon pea with various other crops”
Claim · model-written summary
Weed growth was higher in compact pigeon pea HY3A than spreading ST1.
- Taxon
- pigeon peaCajanus cajane0
- Material
- HY3Ae0
- Interactor
- Weede0weed
- Outcome
- Weed growthe0
- Direction
- substantially highere0
- Comparator
- ST1e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Weed growth in the compact type of pigeon pea (HY3A) was substantially higher than in the spreading type (ST1).”
Claim · model-written summary
Row arrangement did not influence weed infestation in the intercrop system.
Verbatim
e0“Within the intercrop system, row arrangement did not influence weed infestation”
Claim · model-written summary
Increasing population pressure decreased weed dry matter weights in the intercrop system.
- Taxon
- pigeon peaCajanus cajant0
- Treatment
- increase in population pressuree0
- Interactor
- weede0weed
- Outcome
- weed DM weightse0
- Direction
- considerable decreasese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the increase in population pressure resulted in considerable decreases in weed DM weights.”
t0“Intercropping pigeon pea with various other crops”
Claim · model-written summary
Alachlor at 1 kg/ha in maize and pigeon pea caused initial toxicity to pigeon pea.
- Taxon
- pigeon peaCajanus cajane0
- Treatment
- alachlor at 1 kg/hae0
- Outcome
- toxicity to pigeon peae0
- Direction
- causede0
- Qualifier
- initiale0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“alachlor at 1 kg/ha in maize + pigeon pea caused initial toxicity to pigeon pea”
Claim · model-written summary
Prometryne, terbutryne, and ametryne were promising in sorghum and pigeon pea intercrops.
- Taxon
- pigeon peaCajanus cajane0
- Treatment
- prometryne, terbutryne and ametrynee0
- Outcome
- promisinge0
- Direction
- promisinge0
- Qualifier
- sorghum + pigeon peae0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“prometryne, terbutryne and ametryne proved promising in sorghum + pigeon pea.”
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