Abstract
Effect of weed control on tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) crop has been rarely explored in kitchen gardens for improving fruit yield and quality. Therefore, we studied the impact of manual weeding, herbicide application and mulching (using polyethylene sheet) on tomato crop improvement in kitchen gardens. The data show significant differences among different treatments in terms of weed density/m 2 , weed fresh biomass and dry biomass and quality of tomato plants in terms of plant height, fruit-bearing (fruits/plant) and yield (tonne/ha). Highest weed density/m 2 (3.5 0.84) was observed in plots with herbicide treatment and it was similar to that in control. Weed fresh biomass was significantly reduced in all treatments. Manual weeding resulted in the highest number of fruits/plant (33.75 1.67), plant height (60 1.01 cm) and yield of tomato (4.45 0.18 tonne/ha). Therefore, manual control proved to be the most effective treatment in terms of weed suppression and yield enhancement of tomato crop. It was also observed that in crop production mulching must be encouraged in the future weed management strategies.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
Herbicide-treated plots had the highest weed density, similar to the control.
- Taxon
- Tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- herbicide treatmente1
- Interactor
- weede1weed
- Outcome
- weed density/m 2e1
- Direction
- Higheste1
- Value
- 3.5 0.84e1
- Qualifier
- similar to that in controle1
- Comparator
- controle1
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Verbatim
t0“Effective Weed Control Strategy in Tomato Kitchen Gardens”
e1“Highest weed density/m 2 (3.5 0.84) was observed in plots with herbicide treatment and it was similar to that in control”
Claim · model-written summary
Weed fresh biomass was significantly reduced in all weed control treatments.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- all treatmentse2
- Interactor
- Weede2weed
- Outcome
- Weed fresh biomasse2
- Direction
- reducede2
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
t0“Effective Weed Control Strategy in Tomato Kitchen Gardens”
e2“Weed fresh biomass was significantly reduced in all treatments”
Claim · model-written summary
Manual weeding gave the highest number of fruits per tomato plant.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Manual weedinge3
- Outcome
- number of fruits/plante3
- Direction
- higheste3
- Value
- 33.75 1.67e3
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
t0“Effective Weed Control Strategy in Tomato Kitchen Gardens”
e3“Manual weeding resulted in the highest number of fruits/plant (33.75 1.67), plant height (60 1.01 cm) and yield of tomato (4.45 0.18 tonne/ha)”
Claim · model-written summary
Manual weeding gave the highest tomato plant height.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Manual weedinge3
- Outcome
- plant heighte3
- Direction
- higheste3
- Value
- 60 1.01 cme3
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Effective Weed Control Strategy in Tomato Kitchen Gardens”
e3“Manual weeding resulted in the highest number of fruits/plant (33.75 1.67), plant height (60 1.01 cm) and yield of tomato (4.45 0.18 tonne/ha)”
Claim · model-written summary
Manual weeding gave the highest tomato yield.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Manual weedinge3
- Outcome
- yield of tomatoe3
- Direction
- higheste3
- Value
- 4.45 0.18 tonne/hae3
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Effective Weed Control Strategy in Tomato Kitchen Gardens”
e3“Manual weeding resulted in the highest number of fruits/plant (33.75 1.67), plant height (60 1.01 cm) and yield of tomato (4.45 0.18 tonne/ha)”
Claim · model-written summary
Manual control was the most effective treatment for weed suppression and tomato yield enhancement.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- manual controle4
- Outcome
- weed suppression and yield enhancement of tomato crope4
- Direction
- most effectivee4
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Effective Weed Control Strategy in Tomato Kitchen Gardens”
e4“manual control proved to be the most effective treatment in terms of weed suppression and yield enhancement of tomato crop”
Claim · model-written summary
Mulching should be encouraged in future weed management strategies for crop production.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Outcome
- mulching must be encouragede5
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Verbatim
t0“Effective Weed Control Strategy in Tomato Kitchen Gardens”
e5“mulching must be encouraged in the future weed management strategies”
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