Abstract
There is significant variation in yield of storage roots and vines of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) among farmers due to use of different cutting positions and pruning of vines at different levels. This study was carried out to establish the cutting position and the vine pruning level that give the best yield of both the storage roots and vines. The study was conducted in a 3x3 factorial arrangement in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications. Treatments included cutting position at three levels (apical cutting, middle cutting and basal cutting) and pruning at three levels, 0%, 25% and 50% respectively. Pruning was done. 50 days after planting. And storage root harvesting was done 100 days after planting. The two measurements were summed up to give the total vine weight. Storage root length, diameter and weight were measured at 100 DAP. Storage root length indicated significant difference (P<0.05) only among cutting positions with highest mean length (16.20 cm) obtained from apical cutting and the lowest (11.98 cm) from basal cutting. Storage root diameter, storage root weight and vine weight indicated significant interaction (P<0.05) of cutting position and vine pruning level. Highest mean root diameter and root weight were obtained from middle cutting and 25% vine pruning level, with the lowest being obtained from basal cutting and 50% vine pruning level. Highest vine weight was recorded from middle cutting and 50% vine pruning level, with the lowest being recorded from basal cutting and 0% vine pruning level. Both middle and apical stem cuttings can be recommended for higher storage root and vine yield. Vine pruning at 25% can be adopted for higher storage root yield while pruning at 50% can be suggested for higher vine yield.
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Claims 9
Claim · model-written summary
Apical cuttings gave the longest roots, 16.20 cm, compared with basal cuttings.
- Taxon
- sweet potato
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Ipomoea batatase0 - Treatment
- apical cuttinge1
- Outcome
- Storage root lengthe1
- Direction
- higheste1
- Value
- 16.20 cme1
- Qualifier
- 11.98 cme1
- Comparator
- basal cuttinge1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)”
e1“Storage root length indicated significant difference (P<0.05) only among cutting positions with highest mean length (16.20 cm) obtained from apical cutting and the lowest (11.98 cm) from basal cutting”
Claim · model-written summary
Cutting position and pruning level interacted significantly for root diameter.
- Taxon
- sweet potatoIpomoea batatase0
- Treatment
- cutting position and vine pruning levele1
- Outcome
- Storage root diametere1
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)”
e1“Storage root diameter, storage root weight and vine weight indicated significant interaction (P<0.05) of cutting position and vine pruning level”
Claim · model-written summary
Cutting position and pruning level interacted significantly for root weight.
- Taxon
- sweet potatoIpomoea batatase0
- Treatment
- cutting position and vine pruning levele1
- Outcome
- storage root weighte1
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)”
e1“Storage root diameter, storage root weight and vine weight indicated significant interaction (P<0.05) of cutting position and vine pruning level”
Claim · model-written summary
Cutting position and pruning level interacted significantly for vine weight.
- Taxon
- sweet potatoIpomoea batatase0
- Treatment
- cutting position and vine pruning levele1
- Outcome
- vine weighte1
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)”
e1“Storage root diameter, storage root weight and vine weight indicated significant interaction (P<0.05) of cutting position and vine pruning level”
Claim · model-written summary
Middle cuttings with 25% pruning gave the highest root diameter and root weight.
- Taxon
- sweet potatoIpomoea batatase0
- Treatment
- middle cutting and 25% vine pruning levele1
- Outcome
- root diameter and root weighte1
- Direction
- Higheste1
- Comparator
- basal cutting and 50% vine pruning levele1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)”
e1“Highest mean root diameter and root weight were obtained from middle cutting and 25% vine pruning level, with the lowest being obtained from basal cutting and 50% vine pruning level”
Claim · model-written summary
Middle cuttings with 50% pruning gave the highest vine weight.
- Taxon
- sweet potatoIpomoea batatase0
- Treatment
- middle cutting and 50% vine pruning levele1
- Outcome
- vine weighte1
- Direction
- Higheste1
- Comparator
- basal cutting and 0% vine pruning levele1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)”
e1“Highest vine weight was recorded from middle cutting and 50% vine pruning level, with the lowest being recorded from basal cutting and 0% vine pruning level”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend middle and apical cuttings for higher root and vine yield.
- Taxon
- sweet potatoIpomoea batatase0
- Outcome
- middle and apical stem cuttingse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)”
e1“Both middle and apical stem cuttings can be recommended for higher storage root and vine yield”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend 25% pruning for higher storage root yield.
- Taxon
- sweet potatoIpomoea batatase0
- Outcome
- Vine pruning at 25%e1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)”
e1“Vine pruning at 25% can be adopted for higher storage root yield”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend 50% pruning for higher vine yield.
- Taxon
- sweet potatoIpomoea batatase0
- Outcome
- pruning at 50%e1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)”
e1“pruning at 50% can be suggested for higher vine yield”
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