Mulch Treatment Effect on Weed Biomass and Yields of Organic Sweetpotato Cultivars
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Anglais
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Titre anglais
Mulch Treatment Effect on Weed Biomass and Yields of Organic Sweetpotato Cultivars
Auteur(s)
- NWOSISI Sochinwechi
- NANDWANI Dilip
- HUI Dafeng
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RNKISFM7
Version
2692
Date ajout
6 janvier 2021 16:24
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6 janvier 2021 16:24
Résumé anglais
Weeds are a challenge, particularly in organic agriculture, due to restrictions on the application of synthetic herbicides and chemicals. A preliminary cultivar evaluation trial of organic sweetpotato was conducted in 2015 at Tennessee State University certified organic farm. Three mulches: wheat straw, pine needle, and black plastic mulch, along with a control (no mulch), were evaluated for their weed management abilities in a sweetpotato field. Four cultivars of sweetpotato were planted in 0.91 m wide mulch beds with 0.3 m row spacing anddrip irrigated with four replications. Data was collected during the growing season on the dry weight of weeds that emerged in a quadrat and yield components at harvest. Results of two-way ANOVA revealed that mulch treatments affected the weed biomass, weed density, and cull yields. Though the use of mulches had no significant effect on other yield components of sweetpotato in this study; it was beneficial for weed management.
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CRAW tags
- AB - Spécifique
- FREDO adventice
- FREDO fertilisation
- FREDO étude des variétés
- GEO Etats-Unis
- patate douce
WEB tags
- ipomoea batatas
- black plastic
- cultivars
- mulch
- weed control
- yield
Titre de la publication
Agronomy
Volume
9
Pages
190
Date caractères
2019/4
Date publication
24 avril 2019
Doi
10.3390/agronomy9040190
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