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Table 5 Parameter estimates by year and cultivation system for the four-parameter logistic model (Equation  1) characterizing the influence of the duration of weed interference on the relative seed cotton yield

From: Cultivation system influenced the critical period for weed control in cotton field

Cultivation system

  

B

C

D

ED50

(DAE††)

R2

Ultra-narrow row

2021

Weed-free

-8.66 (3.55a)

45.4(5.29)

101 (6.29)

57.6(6.67)

0.97

2021

Weed-interference

8.34(1.18)

44.48(2.14)

99.8(2.17)

41.9(2.04)

0.99

2022

Weed-free

-5.92(1.22)

48.5 (2.67)

100(3.65)

47.9(4.19)

0.99

2022

Weed-interference

11.6(4.71)

46.72 (7.72)

98.7 (5.63)

40.1(4.23)

0.97

Conventional

2021

Weed-free

-5.30(1.83)

45.24(6.62)

100.06(4.23)

49.41(7.77)

0.98

2022

Weed-interference

5.83(1.16)

48.13(2.22)

100.4(2.65)

34.23(2.52)

0.997

2021

Weed-free

-4.31(1.47)

43.6(3.40)

102.9(5.64)

33.4(4.71)

0.99

2022

Weed-interference

9.84(5.89)

48.21(7.06)

99.35(4.85)

71.56(8.78)

0.98

  1. B The slope of the line at the inflection point, C The lower limit, D The upper limit, ED50 Days after emergenc giving a 50% response between the upper and lower limits (also known as inflection point)
  2. aEstandard errors
  3. †† is abbreviation of DAE
  4. Days after emergence