Abstract
A large quantity of maize is wasted due to weeds in Holeta and Ejere districts of Central Ethiopia.The weeds invade the crop fields during the early growth stage by germinating from the soil and driving nutrients from the soil.To manage the crop from the weeds, farmers exercise cultural weed control methods.However, this method of managing the weeds from the crop is tiresome and inefficient.Hence, it was assumed that application of the crops with herbicides soon after sowing or practicing weed free from emergence up to the time of maturity prevents the weeds.The study was to test the efficacy of herbicides on several weed species and increase maize production.The RCBD with three replications was used with plot dimensions every one calculating 5m x 4m.Plots were treated with AGENT 600 ml ha -1 , COYOTE 440 SE 3L.ha -1 , Primagramgold 3L.ha -1 , S-Maspor 960 EC 3L.ha -1 , Surestart 3L.ha -1 and weedy check.The application of S-Maspor 960 EC reduced the density of Corrigiola capensis by 93.3 %, Plantago lanceoleta by 51.6%, Spergula arvensis by 51.6% in Ejere tested location whereas treating plots with Surestart significantly decreased the remaining weed species in Holeta and Ejere.Furthermore, significantly increased cob length by 4.3%, grain yield by 17.58 folds, and reduced yield loss by 93.3% as compared to weedy check plots were also received from the application of Surestart.It is concluded that the application of Surestart 3L ha -1 has proven to significantly decrease weed density and enhanced grain yield.
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
S-Maspor 960 EC reduced Corrigiola capensis density by 93.3 % in Ejere.
- Treatment
- S-Maspor 960 ECe0
- Interactor
- Corrigiola capensisCorrigiola capensise0weed
- Outcome
- density of Corrigiola capensise0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Value
- 93.3 %e0
- Setting
- Ejeree0
Zea maysNot reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The application of S-Maspor 960 EC reduced the density of Corrigiola capensis by 93.3 %, Plantago lanceoleta by 51.6%, Spergula arvensis by 51.6% in Ejere tested location”
t0“MAIZE”
Claim · model-written summary
S-Maspor 960 EC reduced Plantago lanceoleta density by 51.6% in Ejere.
- Treatment
- S-Maspor 960 ECe0
- Interactor
- Plantago lanceoletae0weed
- Outcome
- Plantago lanceoletae0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Value
- 51.6%e0
- Setting
- Ejeree0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The application of S-Maspor 960 EC reduced the density of Corrigiola capensis by 93.3 %, Plantago lanceoleta by 51.6%, Spergula arvensis by 51.6% in Ejere tested location”
t0“MAIZE”
Claim · model-written summary
S-Maspor 960 EC reduced Spergula arvensis density by 51.6% in Ejere.
- Treatment
- S-Maspor 960 ECe0
- Interactor
- Spergula arvensis
Spergula arvensise0weed - Outcome
- Spergula arvensise0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Value
- 51.6%e0
- Setting
- Ejeree0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The application of S-Maspor 960 EC reduced the density of Corrigiola capensis by 93.3 %, Plantago lanceoleta by 51.6%, Spergula arvensis by 51.6% in Ejere tested location”
t0“MAIZE”
Claim · model-written summary
Surestart significantly decreased remaining weed species in Holeta and Ejere.
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“treating plots with Surestart significantly decreased the remaining weed species in Holeta and Ejere”
t0“MAIZE”
Claim · model-written summary
Surestart significantly increased maize cob length by 4.3% relative to weedy check plots.
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“significantly increased cob length by 4.3%, grain yield by 17.58 folds, and reduced yield loss by 93.3% as compared to weedy check plots”
t0“MAIZE”
e1“received from the application of Surestart”
Claim · model-written summary
Surestart significantly increased maize grain yield by 17.58 folds relative to weedy check plots.
- Treatment
- Surestarte1
- Outcome
- grain yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 17.58 foldse0
- Comparator
- weedy check plotse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“significantly increased cob length by 4.3%, grain yield by 17.58 folds, and reduced yield loss by 93.3% as compared to weedy check plots”
t0“MAIZE”
e1“received from the application of Surestart”
Claim · model-written summary
Surestart reduced maize yield loss by 93.3% relative to weedy check plots.
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“significantly increased cob length by 4.3%, grain yield by 17.58 folds, and reduced yield loss by 93.3% as compared to weedy check plots”
t0“MAIZE”
e1“received from the application of Surestart”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend Surestart 3L ha -1 to reduce weed density and improve maize grain yield.
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“application of Surestart 3L ha -1 has proven to significantly decrease weed density and enhanced grain yield”
t0“MAIZE”