Abstract
A field experiment was conducted at New Developmental Farm, the University of Agriculture, Peshawar, during summer, 2012 to check the impact of different tillage and mulching practices on weed suppression and maize yield. Maize variety Azam was sown in the trial. The design of the experiment was randomized complete block design having two factors viz., tillage practices (conventional, optimum and minimum) and mulches (wheat straw and Berseem straw). The treatments combination were (1) Cultivator 4 times + Wheat straw (2) Cultivator 4 times + Berseem straw (3) Cultivator 4 times +Control (4) Mouldboard plow followed by rotavator + wheat straw (5) Mouldboard plow followed by rotavator + Barseem straw (6) Mouldboard plow followed by rotavator + control (7) Cultivator twice + wheat straw (8) Cultivator twice + Barseem straw (9) Cultivator twice + control. The results showed that maximum weed density (58 %) and fresh weed biomass (45.77 g m -2 ) was recorded in no mulch treatment plots with twice cultivation. Similarly maximum biological yield (11179 kg ha -1 ), grain yield (2383.8 kg ha -1 ) was noticed in plots practiced with wheat straw mulch and mould board plow + Rotavator. In all respect the combination of wheat straw mulch and moldboard plow followed by rotavator were proved fruitful in weed suppression and increasing maize yield under non- irrigated condition.
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Claim · model-written summary
Twice cultivation without mulch had maximum weed density of 58 %.
- Treatment
- no mulch treatment plots with twice cultivatione0
- Interactor
- weede0weed
- Outcome
- weed densitye0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 58 %e0
Zea maysNot reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“maximum weed density (58 %) and fresh weed biomass (45.77 g m -2 ) was recorded in no mulch treatment plots with twice cultivation”
t0“weed suppression and maize yield under non-irrigated condition.”
Claim · model-written summary
Twice cultivation without mulch had maximum fresh weed biomass of 45.77 g m -2.
- Treatment
- no mulch treatment plots with twice cultivatione0
- Interactor
- weede0weed
- Outcome
- fresh weed biomasse0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 45.77 g m -2e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“maximum weed density (58 %) and fresh weed biomass (45.77 g m -2 ) was recorded in no mulch treatment plots with twice cultivation”
t0“weed suppression and maize yield under non-irrigated condition.”
Claim · model-written summary
Wheat straw mulch with mouldboard plow and rotavator produced maximum biological yield of 11179 kg ha -1.
- Treatment
- wheat straw mulch and mould board plow + Rotavatore0
- Outcome
- biological yielde0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 11179 kg ha -1e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“maximum biological yield (11179 kg ha -1 ), grain yield (2383.8 kg ha -1 ) was noticed in plots practiced with wheat straw mulch and mould board plow + Rotavator”
t0“weed suppression and maize yield under non-irrigated condition.”
Claim · model-written summary
Wheat straw mulch with mouldboard plow and rotavator produced maximum grain yield of 2383.8 kg ha -1.
- Treatment
- wheat straw mulch and mould board plow + Rotavatore0
- Outcome
- grain yielde0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 2383.8 kg ha -1e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“maximum biological yield (11179 kg ha -1 ), grain yield (2383.8 kg ha -1 ) was noticed in plots practiced with wheat straw mulch and mould board plow + Rotavator”
t0“weed suppression and maize yield under non-irrigated condition.”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors judged wheat straw mulch plus mouldboard plow and rotavator beneficial for weed suppression and maize yield in non-irrigated conditions.
- Treatment
- wheat straw mulch and moldboard plow followed by rotavatore0
- Interactor
- weede0weed
- Outcome
- weed suppression and increasing maize yielde0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the combination of wheat straw mulch and moldboard plow followed by rotavator were proved fruitful in weed suppression and increasing maize yield under non- irrigated condition”
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