Comparisons of weed community, soil health and economic performance between wheat-maize and garlic-soybean rotation systems under different weed managements

This study compared the impacts of different weed managements on weed community, soil health and economic performance between the wheat–maize (WM) and garlic–soybean (GS) rotations. A total of four treatments (H0T, tillage without herbicide; H0T0, without both herbicide and tillage; HT, both herbici...

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Main Authors: Mahmud A. Muminov, Liyue Guo, Yanjie Song, Xian Gu, Yu Cen, Jie Meng, Gaoming Jiang
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author Mahmud A. Muminov
Liyue Guo
Yanjie Song
Xian Gu
Yu Cen
Jie Meng
Gaoming Jiang
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Liyue Guo
Yanjie Song
Xian Gu
Yu Cen
Jie Meng
Gaoming Jiang
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description This study compared the impacts of different weed managements on weed community, soil health and economic performance between the wheat–maize (WM) and garlic–soybean (GS) rotations. A total of four treatments (H0T, tillage without herbicide; H0T0, without both herbicide and tillage; HT, both herbicide and tillage; HT0, herbicide without tillage) were designed for both rotations. A total of 16 weed species were recorded in the WM rotation, with life forms of 62% for annuals, 12% for annual + perennial and 20% for perennials. While in the GS rotation, there were 17 weed species, with 71% being annuals. When crop rotation changed from WM to GS, the topsoil layer seed bank (0–5 cm) decreased by 137%. GS rotation always had higher earthworm densities than that of WM under the same condition. Organic weed control (H0T, H0T0) from both WM and GS added more soil organic matters than the chemical methods (HT and HT0). Economically, up to 69% higher net profit had been achieved in the GS than WM for their organic products. This study provides an ecological basis to guide organic farming practices, especially for weed management in the future.
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spelling doaj.art-113ba1cfc7474048afdcccb26e1f0f8e2023-12-03T01:00:17ZengPeerJ Inc.PeerJ2167-83592018-05-016e479910.7717/peerj.4799Comparisons of weed community, soil health and economic performance between wheat-maize and garlic-soybean rotation systems under different weed managementsMahmud A. Muminov0Liyue Guo1Yanjie Song2Xian Gu3Yu Cen4Jie Meng5Gaoming Jiang6State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environment Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environment Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environment Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environment Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environment Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environment Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environment Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaThis study compared the impacts of different weed managements on weed community, soil health and economic performance between the wheat–maize (WM) and garlic–soybean (GS) rotations. A total of four treatments (H0T, tillage without herbicide; H0T0, without both herbicide and tillage; HT, both herbicide and tillage; HT0, herbicide without tillage) were designed for both rotations. A total of 16 weed species were recorded in the WM rotation, with life forms of 62% for annuals, 12% for annual + perennial and 20% for perennials. While in the GS rotation, there were 17 weed species, with 71% being annuals. When crop rotation changed from WM to GS, the topsoil layer seed bank (0–5 cm) decreased by 137%. GS rotation always had higher earthworm densities than that of WM under the same condition. Organic weed control (H0T, H0T0) from both WM and GS added more soil organic matters than the chemical methods (HT and HT0). Economically, up to 69% higher net profit had been achieved in the GS than WM for their organic products. This study provides an ecological basis to guide organic farming practices, especially for weed management in the future.https://peerj.com/articles/4799.pdfWeed communityCrop rotationWheatSoybeanWeed managementSoil health
spellingShingle Mahmud A. Muminov
Liyue Guo
Yanjie Song
Xian Gu
Yu Cen
Jie Meng
Gaoming Jiang
Comparisons of weed community, soil health and economic performance between wheat-maize and garlic-soybean rotation systems under different weed managements
PeerJ
Weed community
Crop rotation
Wheat
Soybean
Weed management
Soil health
title Comparisons of weed community, soil health and economic performance between wheat-maize and garlic-soybean rotation systems under different weed managements
title_full Comparisons of weed community, soil health and economic performance between wheat-maize and garlic-soybean rotation systems under different weed managements
title_fullStr Comparisons of weed community, soil health and economic performance between wheat-maize and garlic-soybean rotation systems under different weed managements
title_full_unstemmed Comparisons of weed community, soil health and economic performance between wheat-maize and garlic-soybean rotation systems under different weed managements
title_short Comparisons of weed community, soil health and economic performance between wheat-maize and garlic-soybean rotation systems under different weed managements
title_sort comparisons of weed community soil health and economic performance between wheat maize and garlic soybean rotation systems under different weed managements
topic Weed community
Crop rotation
Wheat
Soybean
Weed management
Soil health
url https://peerj.com/articles/4799.pdf
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