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Effect of the Date of Initial Handweeding on the Yield of Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Raphael Ambassa-Kiki  and
Jean-Claude Ngongang
Raphael Ambassa-Kiki
Affiliation:
Inst Agron. Res., P.O. Box 2067, Yaounde, Cameroon
Jean-Claude Ngongang
Affiliation:
Inst Agron. Res., P.O. Box 2067, Yaounde, Cameroon
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Abstract

The effect of two dates of initial manual weeding, i.e., before flowering and after flowering, and of no weeding on yield of a local groundnut variety was studied during 1988 and 1989 at Minkoameyos, Yaounde, Cameroon, in comparison with chemical weed control method or control. The use of herbicides ametryn plus promotryn for weed control gave the best mean yield, followed by handweeding after flowering, and handweeding before flowering, in that order. The no weeding treatment had the lowest yield throughout the trial period.

Keywords

Ametryn, N-ethyl-N′-(1-methylethyl)-6-(methylthio)-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diamineprometryn, N,N′-bis(1-methylethyl)-6-(methylthio)-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diamineDigitaria nuda Schumachgoosegrass, Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn. ♯ ELEINtropic ageratum, Ageratum conyzoides L. (♯ AGECOBidens pilosa L. ♯ BIDPIhairy-beggarticks, wild poinsettia, Euphorbia heterophylla L. ♯ EPHHLgroundnut (peanut), Arachis hypogaea L.Chemical weed controlmanual weedingdate of initial weedingametrynprometrynAgeratum conyzoidesBidens pilosaDigitaria nudaEleusine indicaEuphorbia heterophyllaAGECOBIDPIELEINEPHHL
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Weed Technology , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , June 1992 , pp. 431 - 433
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Copyright © 1990 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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