Abstract
Mulching and manual or mechanical hoeing are the backbone of weed control strategies in organic agriculture. So, two field experiments were established in the village of Kafer El-Khawazim, Talkha district, Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt, during the winter seasons of 2017 and 2018. The experiments were conducted to evaluate the efficiency of the safe weed control methods of mulching and manual hoeing in comparison with metribuzine herbicide on potato plants and associated weeds. The results indicated that the treatment of black plastic mulch was the superior treatment in controlling broadleaved, grassy, and total weeds as compared to other treatments under study. Metribuzin herbicide came in the second rank in controlling broadleaved weeds. Concerning to grassy and total weeds, banana leaf and cheeseweed straw mulches follow the black plastic mulch ideal treatment. The results also revealed that the use of black plastic mulch and banana leaf mulch followed by cheeseweed straw mulch led to the highest significant increase in growth characteristics and tuber yield of potato plants. This in turn correlated with a significant increase in tuber contents of phosphorus, potassium, and carbohydrate percentage than unweeded control treatment. Black plastic mulch followed by banana leaf mulch and cheeseweed straw mulch were the ideal safe treatments in controlling total weeds. This in turn reflected on potato plants by scoring the maximum values of yield characters as compared to unweeded check.
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Claim · model-written summary
Black plastic mulch controlled broadleaved, grassy and total weeds better than the other treatments.
- Taxon
- potato
Solanum tuberosumt0 - Treatment
- black plastic mulche0
- Interactor
- weedse0weed
- Outcome
- controlling broadleaved, grassy, and total weedse0
- Direction
- superiore0
- Comparator
- other treatments under studye0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“black plastic mulch was the superior treatment in controlling broadleaved, grassy, and total weeds as compared to other treatments under study”
t0“potato field”
Claim · model-written summary
Metribuzin ranked second for broadleaved weed control.
- Treatment
- Metribuzin herbicidee0
- Interactor
- weedse0weed
- Outcome
- controlling broadleaved weedse0
- Direction
- second ranke0
Not reportedTaxonComparator
Verbatim
e0“Metribuzin herbicide came in the second rank in controlling broadleaved weeds”
Claim · model-written summary
Banana leaf and cheeseweed straw mulches followed black plastic mulch for grassy and total weed control.
- Treatment
- banana leaf and cheeseweed straw mulchese0
- Interactor
- weedse0weed
- Outcome
- grassy and total weedse0
- Direction
- followe0
- Comparator
- black plastic mulche0
Not reportedTaxon
Verbatim
e0“Concerning to grassy and total weeds, banana leaf and cheeseweed straw mulches follow the black plastic mulch ideal treatment”
Claim · model-written summary
Black plastic and banana leaf mulch, followed by cheeseweed straw mulch, significantly increased potato growth characteristics and tuber yield.
- Taxon
- potato plantsSolanum tuberosume0
- Treatment
- black plastic mulch and banana leaf mulch followed by cheeseweed straw mulche0
- Outcome
- growth characteristics and tuber yielde0
- Direction
- increasee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“black plastic mulch and banana leaf mulch followed by cheeseweed straw mulch led to the highest significant increase in growth characteristics and tuber yield of potato plants”
Claim · model-written summary
These mulches were associated with a significant increase in potato tuber phosphorus, potassium and carbohydrate percentage relative to the unweeded control.
- Outcome
- tuber contents of phosphorus, potassium, and carbohydrate percentagee0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Comparator
- unweeded control treatmente0
Not reportedTaxonTreatment
Verbatim
e0“This in turn correlated with a significant increase in tuber contents of phosphorus, potassium, and carbohydrate percentage than unweeded control treatment”
Claim · model-written summary
Black plastic mulch followed by banana leaf and cheeseweed straw mulch are recommended as safe treatments for total weed control.
Not reportedTaxon
Verbatim
e0“Black plastic mulch followed by banana leaf mulch and cheeseweed straw mulch were the ideal safe treatments in controlling total weeds”
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