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...correctly identify the primary question driving the article. The authors take the first step in testing the potential for improved weed suppression by maize through a combination of increased crop density and spatial uniformity. Field experiments on three varieties of maize sown at three densities and in two spatial patterns under very high weed pressure from Brachiaria brizantha were performed in 2012 and 2013
...correctly identify the data used to answer the primary question driving the research.The authors measured weed biomass 1 month after sowing and at harvest, and grain yield at harvest
...correctly identify the important implications of the research. Increased planting density could reduce the use of herbicides and mechanical weed control.
...correctly identify important future research. Crop rotation could eliminate chemical and mechanical weed control. Understand the best environmental conditions for weed suppression by density. Increased competition for water at higher density. Identify the characteristics promoting weed suppression under high density