Abstract
Living mulches are cover crops grown simultaneously with and near main crops. Advantages of living mulches over dead cover crops may include increased weed suppression, reduced erosion and leaching, better soil health, and greater resourceuse efficiency. An experiment was conducted at Horticultural Research Station, Kahikuchi Guwahati, Assam Agricultural University, Assam during Rabi 2019-20 and 2020-21 to investigate the effect of living mulches on weed control and its subsequent effects on yield of french beans. The treatments were french beans interplanted with living mulches of field pea (Pisum sativa) (FP), Berseem (Trifolium alexandrinum L) (B), Faba beans (Vicia faba) (FB), Conventional weed management (CWM) and weedy check (WC). The pooled mean highest weed infestation was recorded in WC which accounted for the highest weed dry weight (WDW) (75.23 g/m2). The weed control efficiency was recorded as average pooled mean of 61.35, 60.26 % in CWM and LM with berseem respectively for both the years. The conventional method and living mulch of berseem have improved french beans yield by 1.11, 0.94 t/ha of pooled mean of two years. Among the living mulches used french beans and berseem interplant suppressed weeds. The highest net returns (₹ 26056/ha) and B:C (3.45) were in CWM fb LM with B with net returns (₹ 24625/ha) and B:C (3.10) in both the years respectively. Hence, apart from the conventional method of weed management, berseem is an ideal weed suppressant and can be interplanted as a living mulch crop in french beans cultivation.
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Claims 11
Claim · model-written summary
In the weedy check, weed dry weight was highest (75.23 g/m2, pooled mean).
- Taxon
- french beans
Phaseolus vulgarist0 - Outcome
- weed dry weighte1
- Direction
- higheste1
- Value
- 75.23 g/m2e1
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Verbatim
t0“Evaluation of living mulches for weed management in french beans”
e1“The pooled mean highest weed infestation was recorded in WC which accounted for the highest weed dry weight (WDW) (75.23 g/m2)”
Claim · model-written summary
Conventional weed management gave a weed control efficiency of 61.35 (pooled mean of two years).
- Taxon
- french beansPhaseolus vulgarist0
- Treatment
- CWMe2
- Outcome
- weed control efficiencye2
- Value
- 61.35e2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Evaluation of living mulches for weed management in french beans”
e2“The weed control efficiency was recorded as average pooled mean of 61.35, 60.26 % in CWM and LM with berseem respectively for both the years”
Claim · model-written summary
Living mulch of berseem gave a weed control efficiency of 60.26 % (pooled mean of two years).
- Taxon
- french beansPhaseolus vulgarist0
- Treatment
- LM with berseeme2
- Outcome
- weed control efficiencye2
- Value
- 60.26 %e2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Evaluation of living mulches for weed management in french beans”
e2“The weed control efficiency was recorded as average pooled mean of 61.35, 60.26 % in CWM and LM with berseem respectively for both the years”
Claim · model-written summary
Conventional weed management improved french beans yield by 1.11 t/ha (pooled mean of two years).
- Taxon
- french beansPhaseolus vulgarist0
- Treatment
- conventional methode3
- Outcome
- yielde3
- Direction
- improvede3
- Value
- 1.11e3
- Qualifier
- pooled mean of two yearse3
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
t0“Evaluation of living mulches for weed management in french beans”
e3“The conventional method and living mulch of berseem have improved french beans yield by 1.11, 0.94 t/ha of pooled mean of two years”
Claim · model-written summary
Living mulch of berseem improved french beans yield by 0.94 t/ha (pooled mean of two years).
- Taxon
- french beansPhaseolus vulgarist0
- Treatment
- living mulch of berseeme3
- Outcome
- yielde3
- Direction
- improvede3
- Value
- 0.94e3
- Qualifier
- pooled mean of two yearse3
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Evaluation of living mulches for weed management in french beans”
e3“The conventional method and living mulch of berseem have improved french beans yield by 1.11, 0.94 t/ha of pooled mean of two years”
Claim · model-written summary
Among the living mulches, french beans and berseem interplanted suppressed weeds.
- Taxon
- french beansPhaseolus vulgarise4
- Treatment
- living mulchese4
- Interactor
- weedse4weed
- Outcome
- weedse4
- Direction
- suppressede4
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e4“Among the living mulches used french beans and berseem interplant suppressed weeds”
Claim · model-written summary
The highest net returns, Rs 26056/ha, were obtained with CWM followed by living mulch of berseem.
- Taxon
- french beansPhaseolus vulgarist0
- Treatment
- CWM fb LM with Be5
- Outcome
- net returnse5
- Direction
- higheste5
- Value
- ₹ 26056/hae5
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Verbatim
t0“Evaluation of living mulches for weed management in french beans”
e5“The highest net returns (₹ 26056/ha) and B:C (3.45) were in CWM fb LM with B”
Claim · model-written summary
The highest B:C ratio, 3.45, was obtained with CWM followed by living mulch of berseem.
- Taxon
- french beansPhaseolus vulgarist0
- Treatment
- CWM fb LM with Be5
- Outcome
- B:Ce5
- Direction
- higheste5
- Value
- 3.45e5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Evaluation of living mulches for weed management in french beans”
e5“The highest net returns (₹ 26056/ha) and B:C (3.45) were in CWM fb LM with B”
Claim · model-written summary
Living mulch of berseem gave net returns of Rs 24625/ha.
- Taxon
- french beansPhaseolus vulgarist0
- Treatment
- LM with Be5
- Outcome
- net returnse6
- Value
- ₹ 24625/hae6
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Evaluation of living mulches for weed management in french beans”
e5“The highest net returns (₹ 26056/ha) and B:C (3.45) were in CWM fb LM with B”
e6“with net returns (₹ 24625/ha) and B:C (3.10) in both the years respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Living mulch of berseem gave a B:C ratio of 3.10.
- Taxon
- french beansPhaseolus vulgarist0
- Treatment
- LM with Be5
- Outcome
- B:Ce6
- Value
- 3.10e6
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Evaluation of living mulches for weed management in french beans”
e5“The highest net returns (₹ 26056/ha) and B:C (3.45) were in CWM fb LM with B”
e6“with net returns (₹ 24625/ha) and B:C (3.10) in both the years respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Berseem is an ideal weed suppressant and can be interplanted as a living mulch crop in french beans cultivation, apart from the conventional weed management method.
- Taxon
- french beansPhaseolus vulgarise7
- Treatment
- living mulch crope7
- Outcome
- ideal weed suppressante7
- Comparator
- conventional method of weed managemente7
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Verbatim
e7“apart from the conventional method of weed management, berseem is an ideal weed suppressant and can be interplanted as a living mulch crop in french beans cultivation”
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