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. 2021 Dec;150:105810. doi: 10.1016/j.cropro.2021.105810

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
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
a

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.

b

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.