Table 5.
Percentage of weeds controlled on-farm in 2016 in Nigeria at 12 WAP (A), cassava stand population (B). and fresh root yield (C) as influenced by different treatment combinations and farmer practice.
Pre-emergence treatmentsa | Post-emergence treatmentsb |
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CLEL | FLUL | FORT | GLYP | LOHH | MOTO | NOPS | SHHH | |
(A) Weed control efficacy (%) | ||||||||
DIFF | 66 cC | 74 bA | 74 bA | 68 cBC | 67 cBC | 70 bAB | 57 cD | 68 cBC |
FLUP | 76 bA | 75 bA | 76 bA | 76 bA | 86 aAB | 73 bAB | 72 bB | 76 bA |
INDI | 83 aA | 83 aA | 84 aA | 82 aA | 84 aA | 83 aA | 80 aB | 82 aA |
INDM | 80 aA | 82 aA | 80 aA | 82 aA | 80 aA | 79 abA | 80 aAB | 81 aAB |
SMEA | 76 bA | 75 bAB | 74 bAB | 74 bAB | 73 bABC | 69 cC | 60 cD | 71 bBC |
SMET | 74 bAB | 73 bAB | 76 bA | 74 bAB | 71 bB | 73 bAB | 62 cC | 73 bAB |
NOPR | 61 cC | 63 cBC | 66 cAB | 65 cAB | 66 cAB | 67 cdAB | 0 dD | 68 cA |
(B) Cassava stand population (no. ha−1) | ||||||||
DIFF | 8938 bcAB | 9573 aA | 9431 aAB | 7997 bcC | 9096 bcAB | 8707 bcBC | 8850 aAB | 8645 cdBC |
FLUP | 9583 abAB | 8834 abBC | 9256 aABC | 8596 abBC | 9376 abcAB | 9810 aA | 8500 aC | 9387 abAB |
INDI | 8881 bcAB | 9095 aAB | 9075 abAB | 8979 aAB | 9193 bcdA | 8770 bcAB | 8399 aB | 8973 bcAB |
INDM | 8854 bcAB | 8986 aAB | 8807 abAB | 9184 aA | 8566 cdAB | 9154 bA | 9143 aA | 8292 cdB |
SMEA | 9967 aAB | 9325 aBCD | 9629 aABC | 8818 abD | 10112 aA | 9497 abABCD | 9043 aC | 9659 abABC |
SMET | 9479 abAB | 9451 aAB | 9400 aAB | 8366 abC | 9953 abA | 10015 aA | 8826 aBC | 10175 aA |
NOPR | 8053 cdA | 7991 bcA | 8177 bcA | 6674 dB | 8415 dA | 7945 cdA | 5882 bcB | 7971 deA |
FPRA | 7282 d | 7282 c | 7282 c | 7282 cd | 7282 e | 7282 d | 7282 b | 7282 e |
(C) Cassava root yield (t ha−1) | ||||||||
DIFF | 22.89 abA | 22.49 aA | 22.67 aA | 17.15 cC | 21.32 bAB | 21.08 abAB | 19.08 aBC | 20.72 abAB |
FLUP | 24.04 abA | 23.06 aA | 22.34 aAB | 20.45 bB | 20.49 bB | 23.04 aA | 19.86 aB | 21.93 abAB |
INDI | 21.91 abAB | 21.48 aAB | 21.71 aAB | 24.11 aA | 22.16 bAB | 21.72 abAB | 18.71 aC | 21.06 abBC |
INDM | 21.36 bA | 20.25 aA | 20.28 aA | 21.71 abA | 21.35 bA | 19.36 bA | 20.74 aA | 20.24 bA |
SMEA | 24.53 aAB | 22.63 aBCD | 22.43 aBCD | 21.76 abCD | 25.82 aA | 22.28 aBCD | 20.42 aD | 23.51 aABC |
SMET | 22.37 abAB | 21.02 aBC | 22.79 aAB | 16.65 cD | 22.30 bAB | 23.91 aA | 19.41 aC | 22.73 abAB |
NOPR | 16.66 cA | 16.57 bA | 16.79 bA | 12.18 dB | 16.69 cA | 15.23 cA | 6.95 bC | 15.79 cA |
FPRA | 10.56 d | 10.56 c | 10.56 c | 10.56 d | 10.56 d | 10.56 d | 10.56 b | 10.56 d |
Pre-emergence treatments are represented as DIFF, diflufenican + flufenacet + flurtamone; FLUP, flumioxazin + pyroxasulfone; INDM, indaziflam + metribuzin; INDI, Indaziflam + isoxaflutole; SMEA, s-metolachlor + atrazine; SMET, s-metolachlor + terbuthylazine; NOPR, no pre-emergence; FPRA, farmer practice.
Post-emergence treatments are represented as CLEL, clethodim + lactofen; FLUL, fluazifop-p-butyl + lactofen; FORT, foramsulfuron-sodium + iodosulfuron-methyl-sodium + thiencarbazone-methyl + cyprosulfamide; GLYP, glyphosate; LOHH, long-handled hoe; MOTO, motorized rotary weeder; NOPS, no post-emergence treatment; SHHH, short-handled hoe. Different small letters within each post-emergence treatment indicate significant differences treatment means at P < 0.05 probability level. Different uppercase letters indicate significant differences among post-emergence treatments at P < 0.05 probability level for each pre-emergence treatment.