Abstract
Five experiments were conducted in the potato growing areas of Punjab to assess the suitability of a contact herbicide for weed control in early potatoes. Paiaquat was applied at 500 g. ion/ha either as an overall application at 5–10% emergence of potatoes or later on as an inter-row applies (ion avoiding contact with the potato plants. Application of paraquat at either stage resulted in good control of weeds at a time when weeds normally provide the biggest competition to crop growth. Yields from paraquat treatments were comparable to that from the inter-row cultivation and earthing up treatments. Paraquat treatments cost less than inter-row cultivation and earthing up operations.
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Claims 3
Claim · model-written summary
Paraquat at either application stage gave good weed control.
- Taxon
- Potatoes
Solanum tuberosumt0 - Treatment
- paraquate0
- Interactor
- weedse0weed
- Outcome
- good control of weedse0
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Verbatim
e0“Application of paraquat at either stage resulted in good control of weeds at a time when weeds normally provide the biggest competition to crop growth.”
t0“Potatoes”
Claim · model-written summary
Potato yields with paraquat were comparable to inter-row cultivation and earthing up.
- Taxon
- PotatoesSolanum tuberosumt0
- Treatment
- paraquat treatmentse0
- Outcome
- Yieldse0
- Direction
- comparablee0
- Comparator
- inter-row cultivation and earthing up treatmentse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Yields from paraquat treatments were comparable to that from the inter-row cultivation and earthing up treatments.”
t0“Potatoes”
Claim · model-written summary
Paraquat treatments cost less than inter-row cultivation and earthing up.
- Taxon
- PotatoesSolanum tuberosumt0
- Treatment
- Paraquat treatmentse0
- Outcome
- coste0
- Direction
- lesse0
- Comparator
- inter-row cultivation and earthing up operationse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Paraquat treatments cost less than inter-row cultivation and earthing up operations.”
t0“Potatoes”
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