Compost as an Alternative Weed Control Method

HortScience ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 938-940 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica Ozores-Hampton
Keyword(s):  
Weed Control ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Alternative Weed Control

scholarly journals Effective Weed Control in Maize

2011 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ileana BOGDAN ◽  
Teodor RUSU ◽  
Ştefania GADEA ◽  
Ilarie IVAN ◽  
Paula MORARU ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Weed Control ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Vegetation Period ◽  
Control Methods ◽  
Maize Crop ◽  
Optimal Network ◽  
Weed Seeds ◽  
Weeds Control

The paper present the results of 26 variants of weed control in maize (grouped in 6 distinctly strategies) which were tested in 2010 agricultural year in a one factorial stationary experiment. Three of the strategies were based on post emergence weed control methods, two of them – on pre-emergent weed control method and one of them – based on both methods. The main goal was establishing an optimal network weeds control in maize crop. Maize weed in Luduş area increased, due to weed seeds reserve in the arable stratum and weather conditions, which allow weeds to grow alternatively, and because of the development of problem-causing species during the maize vegetation period, when no tilling is performed.

scholarly journals Weed control method for paddy rice through the application of several formulations using irrigation water.

1995 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-49
Author(s):  
Nobumasa Ichizen ◽  
Hitoshi Kuramochi ◽  
Makoto Konnai ◽  
Haruki Innami ◽  
Satoru Oobuchi
Keyword(s):  
Weed Control ◽  
Irrigation Water ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Paddy Rice

scholarly journals Optimum Weed Control Method Increases the Yield of Kinnow by Improving the Physical Properties of Soil

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. SAJID ◽  
S. AHMAD ◽  
M.J. JASKANI ◽  
M. YASIN
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Physical Properties ◽  
Weed Control ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Wood Chip ◽  
Soil Physical Properties ◽  
Shoot Length ◽  
Plastic Mulch ◽  
Chlorophyll Contents ◽  
Spad Value

ABSTRACT: Going towards sustainable fruit culture, it is very important that soil fertility should maintain by adopting the proper weeds control and adding the organic matter. This research was carried out to identify the most suitable weed control method for Kinnow orchard. The plants of Kinnow at the age of 6 years grown under drip irrigation were selected. Weeds of orchard were managed by mulching (wood chip and black polyethylene), mechanical (cultivator and rotavator) and chemical (glyphosate) methods. Mechanical weed control was taken as control treatment. The plants where wood chip mulching was used for weed control showed maximum increase in shoot length (24.00 cm), chlorophyll contents (84.00 SPAD value) and yield (11.88 ton ha-1) followed by the plants where weeds were controlled with chemical control while lowest shoot length (12.00 and 12.33 cm), chlorophyll contents (41.00 and 42.67 SPAD value) and yield (3.80 and 4.70 ton) was achieved in cultivator and rotavator treatment respectively. Wood chip mulch also improved soil physical properties by reducing bulk density (1.49 Mg m-3), soil penetration resistance (785.33 kPa) and by enhancing soil organic matter (1.17%), hydraulic conductivity (34.50 mm/hr-1) and soil microbial biomass carbon (159.68 g kg-1) followed by glyphosate control while lowest values of soil physical properties were obtained in cultivator and rotavator weed control. Wood chip mulch also reduced weed dry weight (45.25 g) and efficiently controlled weeds (95.66%) as compared to other weed control methods. In this case, wood chip mulch performed better in all studied parameters than plastic mulch, rotavator, cultivator and glyphosate weed control. So, wood chip mulch should be recommended to citrus grower for improving soil physical properties and yield.

Economic Comparison of Mechanical and Chemical Weed Control

Weed Science ◽  
1968 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 369-371 ◽  
Author(s):  
David L. Armstrong ◽  
J. K. Leasure ◽  
Mitchell R. Corbin
Keyword(s):  
Weed Control ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Economic Feasibility ◽  
Control Methods ◽  
Net Income ◽  
Small Item ◽  
Mechanical Methods ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Complex Decision ◽  
Selection Of

The problem in determining the economic feasibility of mechanical, chemical, and combination weed control methods in corn (Zea mays L.) is a complex decision involving many factors. The effects of cost, yield, timeliness, and alternative uses of labor are the factors considered in comparing various methods of weed control in this study. Costs of weed control operations range from $2.84/A for two cultivations to $10.45/A for the most intensive, mechanical-chemical operation studied. Most common weed control methods have costs of approximately $3 to $4/A. Yields range from 83 bu/A for two cultivations to 96 bu/A with the highest cost chemical-mechanical weed control methods. All yields used in this study are supported by agronomic studies and are indexed on the basis of 100 bu/A for weed-free conditions. The consideration of both yields and costs does affect the selection of a weed control method. Considering only these two factors, mechanical methods have a slight advantage over chemical weed control methods. Penalizing mechanical methods because of delay or timeliness characteristics gives chemical methods an advantage by as much as $3.00/A. Alternative uses of labor, even though a common argument in selecting chemical or mechanical methods, is a very small item and has only moderate effects on the changes in net income.

Corn Gluten Meal as an Alternative Weed Control Option for Spring-Transplanted Onions

2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 17-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles L. Webber ◽  
James W. Shrefler ◽  
Merritt J. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Weed Control ◽  
Corn Gluten Meal ◽  
Control Option ◽  
Corn Gluten ◽  
Alternative Weed Control

Organic weed control in white lupin (Lupinus albus L.)

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 193-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Folgart ◽  
A. J. Price ◽  
E. van Santen ◽  
G. R. Wehtje
Keyword(s):  
Grain Yield ◽  
Weed Control ◽  
Conventional Treatment ◽  
Lupinus Albus ◽  
White Lupin ◽  
Weed Species ◽  
Mechanical Hand ◽  
Oat Cultivars ◽  
Alternative Weed Control ◽  
Lupinus Albus L

AbstractLegumes such as white lupin (Lupinus albus L.) provide a valuable nitrogen source in organic agriculture. With organic farming hectarage increasing and white lupin interest increasing in the southeastern USA due to newly released winter hardy cultivars, non-chemical weed control practices in lupin are needed. A two-year experiment was established at two locations in Alabama. Five weed control practices were evaluated: one pre-emergence (PRE)-applied herbicide (S-metolachlor), two mechanical (hand hoed) and two cultural (living mulch utilizing two black oat cultivars) weed control treatments. Fourteen weed species were encountered. S-metolachlor provided above 80% control of most weed species present in this experiment. The cultivation treatments and black oat companion crops also provided good weed control of many of the weeds encountered. Crop injury of all treatments was low on a 0 to 10 scale with 0 representing no injury: <2.0, <1.3 and <1.2 by S-metolachlor, the cultivation treatments and the black oat companion crops, respectively. Grain yield of cultivars ABL 1082, AU Alpha and AU Homer were 1540, 1130, 850 kg ha−1, respectively, when treated with the conventional treatment, S-metolachlor. Grain yield in the organic treatments was equivalent. The cultivation treatments and black oat companions were successful alternative weed control practices in white lupin production.

scholarly journals Alternative weed control using the allelopathic effect of natural benzoxazinoids from rye mulch

2008 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 397-401 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincenzo Tabaglio ◽  
Carolina Gavazzi ◽  
Margot Schulz ◽  
Adriano Marocco
Keyword(s):  
Weed Control ◽  
Allelopathic Effect ◽  
Alternative Weed Control

Effect of cross ploughing on weed control of direct seeded rice in Manipur

2016 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Nandini Devi ◽  
M. Sumarjit Singh
Keyword(s):  
Weed Control ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Minimum Cost ◽  
Plant Populations ◽  
Straw Yield ◽  
Economic Method ◽  
Direct Seeded ◽  
Hand Weeding

Field experiments were conducted at Research Farm, Central Agricultural University, Imphal during <italic>kharif</italic> 2011 and 2012 to study the effect of cross ploughing on weed control of wet- direct seeded rice in Manipur. Maximum plant population was observed in control and once hand weeding without cross ploughing treatments as compared to other treatments. But maximum number of panicles per metre square, grain and straw yield were significantly higher in cross ploughing thrice followed by cross ploughing twice than the other treatments after cross ploughing. Plant populations as well as number of weeds were significantly lower in the treatment cross ploughing thrice at 25 days after sowing. Thus cross ploughing twice at 25 days after sowing of wet –direct seeded rice was found to be the best economic method of weed control for obtaining highest B:C ratio with minimum cost of cultivation in both the years. This weed control method of cross ploughing in wetdirect seeded rice is of great significance in conserving the natural resources and maintaining the sustainability of the agricultural production system.

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