Abstract
Field experiment was conducted during 2016, 2017 and 2018 rainy seasons at the Research Farm of National Institute for Horticultural Research (NIHORT) Bagauda (Latitude 11̊ 33ꞌ N and Longitude 8̊ 23ꞌ E, 481m above sea level) Kano, in the Sudan savanna of Nigeria. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of weed control treatments, sowing dates and methods on the growth and yield of finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.). The experiment consisted of three (3) sowing date (late June, early July and late July), three (3) sowing methods (broadcasting, drilling and dibbling) and six weed control treatment (atrazine at 0.8 or 1.2kg a.i.ha-1, 2,4-D at 0.5 or 0.75kg a.i. ha-1, two hoe weeding at 3 and 6 weeks after sowing (WAS) and weedy check). These were laid out in a split-split-plot design and replicated three (3) times. Sowing dates were assigned to main plot, sowing methods to subplot while weed control to sub-sub plots. The results revealed that sowing on late June and early July produced significantly taller plant and higher grain yield. Broadcasting produced higher number of tillers (m-2) and grain yield in 2016 (887.3kg ha-1), 2017 (1230.0kg ha-1) and 2018 (1255.0kgha-1). Furthermore, two hoe weeding produced significantly higher grain yield (kgha-1) in all the seasons which were statistically similar with plots treated with atrazine at 1.2kg a.i. ha-1 and those treated with 2,4-D at 0.5 and 0.75kg a.i. ha-1. Based on these findings, it can be concluded that finger millet should be sown between late June to early July by broadcasting method and application of either atrazine at 1.2 kg a.i. ha-1 pre-emergence or 2,4-D at 0.5kg a.i. ha-1 post-emergence for higher grain yield (kgha-1).
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Sowing in late June and early July produced significantly taller finger millet plants.
- Taxon
- FINGER MILLET
Eleusine coracanat0 - Treatment
- sowing on late June and early Julye2
- Outcome
- taller plante2
- Direction
- tallere2
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t0“FINGER MILLET”
e2“sowing on late June and early July produced significantly taller plant and higher grain yield”
Claim · model-written summary
Sowing in late June and early July produced higher finger millet grain yield.
- Taxon
- FINGER MILLETEleusine coracanat0
- Treatment
- sowing on late June and early Julye2
- Outcome
- grain yielde2
- Direction
- highere2
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Verbatim
t0“FINGER MILLET”
e2“sowing on late June and early July produced significantly taller plant and higher grain yield”
Claim · model-written summary
Broadcasting produced a higher number of finger millet tillers.
- Taxon
- FINGER MILLETEleusine coracanat0
- Treatment
- Broadcastinge3
- Outcome
- number of tillers (m-2)e3
- Direction
- highere3
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Verbatim
t0“FINGER MILLET”
e3“Broadcasting produced higher number of tillers (m-2) and grain yield in 2016 (887.3kg ha-1), 2017 (1230.0kg ha-1) and 2018 (1255.0kgha-1)”
Claim · model-written summary
Broadcasting gave a grain yield of 887.3kg ha-1 in 2016.
- Taxon
- FINGER MILLETEleusine coracanat0
- Treatment
- Broadcastinge3
- Outcome
- grain yielde3
- Direction
- highere3
- Value
- 887.3kg ha-1e3
- Qualifier
- 2016e3
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Verbatim
t0“FINGER MILLET”
e3“Broadcasting produced higher number of tillers (m-2) and grain yield in 2016 (887.3kg ha-1), 2017 (1230.0kg ha-1) and 2018 (1255.0kgha-1)”
Claim · model-written summary
Broadcasting gave a grain yield of 1230.0kg ha-1 in 2017.
- Taxon
- FINGER MILLETEleusine coracanat0
- Treatment
- Broadcastinge3
- Outcome
- grain yielde3
- Direction
- highere3
- Value
- 1230.0kg ha-1e3
- Qualifier
- 2017e3
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Verbatim
t0“FINGER MILLET”
e3“Broadcasting produced higher number of tillers (m-2) and grain yield in 2016 (887.3kg ha-1), 2017 (1230.0kg ha-1) and 2018 (1255.0kgha-1)”
Claim · model-written summary
Broadcasting gave a grain yield of 1255.0kgha-1 in 2018.
- Taxon
- FINGER MILLETEleusine coracanat0
- Treatment
- Broadcastinge3
- Outcome
- grain yielde3
- Direction
- highere3
- Value
- 1255.0kgha-1e3
- Qualifier
- 2018e3
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Verbatim
t0“FINGER MILLET”
e3“Broadcasting produced higher number of tillers (m-2) and grain yield in 2016 (887.3kg ha-1), 2017 (1230.0kg ha-1) and 2018 (1255.0kgha-1)”
Claim · model-written summary
Two hoe weedings gave grain yield statistically similar to atrazine at 1.2kg a.i. ha-1, and higher grain yield in all seasons.
- Taxon
- FINGER MILLETEleusine coracanat0
- Treatment
- two hoe weedinge4
- Outcome
- grain yielde4
- Direction
- highere4
- Qualifier
- statistically similare4
- Comparator
- plots treated with atrazine at 1.2kg a.i. ha-1e4
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Verbatim
t0“FINGER MILLET”
e4“two hoe weeding produced significantly higher grain yield (kgha-1) in all the seasons which were statistically similar with plots treated with atrazine at 1.2kg a.i. ha-1 and those treated with 2,4-D at 0.5 and 0.75kg a.i. ha-1”
Claim · model-written summary
Finger millet should be sown between late June and early July by broadcasting, with atrazine or 2,4-D herbicide, for higher grain yield.
- Taxon
- finger milletEleusine coracanae5
- Treatment
- sown between late June to early July by broadcasting methode5
- Outcome
- higher grain yielde5
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Verbatim
e5“finger millet should be sown between late June to early July by broadcasting method and application of either atrazine at 1.2 kg a.i. ha-1 pre-emergence or 2,4-D at 0.5kg a.i. ha-1 post-emergence for higher grain yield (kgha-1)”
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