Abstract
The use of legume intercrops reduced the overall growth of sweet potato. The yield of sweet potato declined by as much as 17.78% while that of the legumes by 14.94% due to competition for nutrients and light between the main crop and the intercrops. However, inoculation of the legume intercrops with Rhizobium minimized the competition for nitrogen and allowed the sweet potato to develop enough herbage. Sweet potato intercropped with inoculated legumes produced root yield which was 6.5% higher than that intercropped with uninoculated legumes. Significant differences were observed on the effects of legume intercrops and their interaction with inoculation on sweet potato productivity. Bushbean was a better intercrop than either mungbean or soybean because this legume matures earlier than the other two. Bushbean and mungbean increased sweet potato yield upon inoculation but inoculated soybean seemed to depress the yield of the root crop. In general, inoculation of the legume intercrops and intercropping were more beneficial and profitable. Intercropping was 4 and 3.5 times more profitable than monoculture when the legumes were inoculated and uninoculated respectively
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Claim · model-written summary
Legume intercrops reduced sweet potato growth.
- Taxon
- sweet potato
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Ipomoea batatase0 - Treatment
- legume intercropse0
- Outcome
- overall growthe0
- Direction
- reducede0
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Verbatim
e0“The use of legume intercrops reduced the overall growth of sweet potato.”
Claim · model-written summary
Sweet potato yield declined by up to 17.78% under legume intercropping.
- Taxon
- sweet potatoIpomoea batatase0
- Treatment
- intercropse0
- Outcome
- yield of sweet potatoe0
- Direction
- declinede0
- Value
- 17.78%e0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The yield of sweet potato declined by as much as 17.78% while that of the legumes by 14.94% due to competition for nutrients and light between the main crop and the intercrops.”
Claim · model-written summary
Legume yield declined by 14.94% under intercropping competition.
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“The yield of sweet potato declined by as much as 17.78% while that of the legumes by 14.94% due to competition for nutrients and light between the main crop and the intercrops.”
Claim · model-written summary
Rhizobium inoculation of legume intercrops minimized nitrogen competition and allowed sweet potato herbage to develop.
- Taxon
- sweet potatoIpomoea batatase0
- Treatment
- inoculation of the legume intercrops with Rhizobiume0
- Outcome
- competition for nitrogen and allowed the sweet potato to develop enough herbagee0
- Direction
- minimizede0
RhizobiumNot reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“inoculation of the legume intercrops with Rhizobium minimized the competition for nitrogen and allowed the sweet potato to develop enough herbage.”
Claim · model-written summary
Sweet potato root yield with inoculated legume intercrops was 6.5% higher than with uninoculated legumes.
- Taxon
- Sweet potatoIpomoea batatase0
- Treatment
- inoculated legumese0
- Outcome
- root yielde0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 6.5%e0
- Comparator
- uninoculated legumese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Sweet potato intercropped with inoculated legumes produced root yield which was 6.5% higher than that intercropped with uninoculated legumes.”
Claim · model-written summary
Legume intercrops and their interaction with inoculation significantly affected sweet potato productivity.
- Taxon
- sweet potatoIpomoea batatase0
- Treatment
- legume intercrops and their interaction with inoculatione0
- Outcome
- sweet potato productivitye0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Significant differences were observed on the effects of legume intercrops and their interaction with inoculation on sweet potato productivity.”
Claim · model-written summary
Bushbean was a better sweet potato intercrop than mungbean or soybean because it matures earlier.
Verbatim
e0“Bushbean was a better intercrop than either mungbean or soybean because this legume matures earlier than the other two.”
Claim · model-written summary
Inoculated bushbean increased sweet potato yield.
- Taxon
- sweet potatoIpomoea batatase0
- Treatment
- Bushbeane0
- Outcome
- sweet potato yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Qualifier
- upon inoculatione0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Bushbean and mungbean increased sweet potato yield upon inoculation but inoculated soybean seemed to depress the yield of the root crop.”
Claim · model-written summary
Inoculated mungbean increased sweet potato yield.
- Taxon
- sweet potatoIpomoea batatase0
- Treatment
- mungbeane0
- Outcome
- sweet potato yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Qualifier
- upon inoculatione0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Bushbean and mungbean increased sweet potato yield upon inoculation but inoculated soybean seemed to depress the yield of the root crop.”
Claim · model-written summary
Inoculated soybean seemed to depress sweet potato yield.
- Taxon
- sweet potatoIpomoea batatase0
- Treatment
- inoculated soybeane0
- Outcome
- yield of the root crope0
- Direction
- depresse0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Bushbean and mungbean increased sweet potato yield upon inoculation but inoculated soybean seemed to depress the yield of the root crop.”
Claim · model-written summary
Intercropping with inoculated legumes was four times more profitable than monoculture.
Verbatim
e0“Intercropping was 4 and 3.5 times more profitable than monoculture when the legumes were inoculated and uninoculated respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Intercropping with uninoculated legumes was 3.5 times more profitable than monoculture.
Verbatim
e0“Intercropping was 4 and 3.5 times more profitable than monoculture when the legumes were inoculated and uninoculated respectively”
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