Abstract
A field experiment was conducted at Altraa village, Sherg Elneel Unit, Dongola Locality, Northern State, Sudan, during two consecutive summer seasons of 2010 and 2011 to determine yield loss in sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) inflicted by weeds and to identify the critical period for weed interference. Sesame, cultivar Promo, was sown on 23 June in both seasons. A set of weeding regimes comprised of 12 treatments was arranged in randomized complete block design, with four replicates. The crop was kept weed-free for the first 2, 4, 6, 8 or 10 weeks after crop sowing and then remained weedy till harvest or kept weedy for the same periods and then remained weed-free till harvest. Weed free and weedy treatments till harvest were included as controls for comparison. Combined analysis of both seasons indicated that unrestricted weed growth significantly reduced sesame seed yield by 53.2% compared to weed free full season treatment. Seed yield decreased as the weed infestation period increased. Number of leaves/plant was significantly reduced by 58.93% under full season weed infestation. The same trend was observed for the first capsule height from the soil surface, plant height, and number of branches/plant. The critical period of weed competition was found to be between 2-6 weeks after crop planting.
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Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
Full-season weed growth reduced sesame seed yield by 53.2%.
- Taxon
- sesame
Sesamum indicume0 - Treatment
- unrestricted weed growthe0
- Interactor
- weede0weed
- Outcome
- sesame seed yielde0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Value
- 53.2%e0
- Comparator
- weed free full season treatmente0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“unrestricted weed growth significantly reduced sesame seed yield by 53.2% compared to weed free full season treatment”
Claim · model-written summary
Sesame seed yield fell as weed infestation lasted longer.
- Taxon
- SesameSesamum indicumt0
- Treatment
- weed infestation periode0
- Interactor
- weede0weed
- Outcome
- Seed yielde0
- Direction
- decreasede0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Seed yield decreased as the weed infestation period increased”
t0“Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Full-season weeds reduced sesame leaves per plant by 58.93%.
- Taxon
- SesameSesamum indicumt0
- Treatment
- full season weed infestatione0
- Interactor
- weede0weed
- Outcome
- Number of leaves/plante0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Value
- 58.93%e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Number of leaves/plant was significantly reduced by 58.93% under full season weed infestation”
t0“Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
First capsule height, plant height and branch number followed the same decreasing trend under weed infestation.
- Taxon
- SesameSesamum indicumt0
- Treatment
- full season weed infestatione1
- Interactor
- weede1weed
- Outcome
- first capsule height from the soil surface, plant height, and number of branches/plante0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The same trend was observed for the first capsule height from the soil surface, plant height, and number of branches/plant”
e1“under full season weed infestation”
t0“Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
The critical weed competition period for sesame was 2-6 weeks after planting.
- Taxon
- SesameSesamum indicumt0
- Interactor
- weede0weed
- Outcome
- critical period of weed competitione0
- Value
- 2-6 weekse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The critical period of weed competition was found to be between 2-6 weeks after crop planting”
t0“Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.)”
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