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Weed control and its effects on yield of Phaseolus vulgaris beans in Malawi

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

U. W. U. Ayonoadu ,
J. Norrington-Davies ,
O. T. Edje  and
L. K. Mughogho
U. W. U. Ayonoadu
Affiliation:
Bunda College of Agriculture, University of Malawi, P.O. Box 219, Lilongwe, Malawi
J. Norrington-Davies
Affiliation:
Bunda College of Agriculture, University of Malawi, P.O. Box 219, Lilongwe, Malawi
O. T. Edje
Affiliation:
Bunda College of Agriculture, University of Malawi, P.O. Box 219, Lilongwe, Malawi
L. K. Mughogho
Affiliation:
Bunda College of Agriculture, University of Malawi, P.O. Box 219, Lilongwe, Malawi
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Summary

A number of herbicide treatments involving the use of trifluralin, preforan and igran were compared together with hand weeding as methods for the control of weeds in a cultivar of Phaseolus vulgaris sown on 19 January 1972.

Favourable increases in yield of beans were obtained by combinations of preforan and igran which were associated with an increase in the number of pods produced per plant. Hand weeding failed to give a significant increase in final yield.

Within 14 days from sowing there was an appreciable weed cover in the control and hand-weeded plots but little evidence of weeds in the herbicide-treated plots. At 41 days there were still no significant differences between the control and the plots to be hand weeded. There was, however, a considerable reduction in percentage cover of weeds on the herbicide treated plots. Trifluralin and preforan were equally effective in reducing weed cover.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 82 , Issue 2 , April 1974 , pp. 283 - 286
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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