Can Hydromulch Reduce the Emergence of Perennial Weeds?
Herbicide weed control is difficult in the first years of perennial crop establishment or in minor crops, and plastic sheet mulches can leave persistent residues. Liquid spray-on mulch (hydromulch) might be a solution in these cases. To test three hydromulch formulations on perennial weed emergence,...
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| author | Maria Teresa Mas Gabriel Pardo Jorge Pueyo Antoni M. C. Verdú Alicia Cirujeda |
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| description | Herbicide weed control is difficult in the first years of perennial crop establishment or in minor crops, and plastic sheet mulches can leave persistent residues. Liquid spray-on mulch (hydromulch) might be a solution in these cases. To test three hydromulch formulations on perennial weed emergence, greenhouse assays were conducted for two years in two localities to evaluate their rhizome sprouting and shoot emergence. Data, obtained from a completely randomized block design, were analyzed by means of generalized linear mixed models with binomial distribution and logit link function; the effects of hydromulch, species, and their interaction were considered fixed, while the other sources of variation (i.e., locality, year, block and rhizome length) were considered random. All three hydromulches, based on wheat straw, rice husk, and used substrate for mushroom cultivation, were capable of reducing rhizome sprouting of all four species tested when compared to the non-mulched treatment. Many rhizomes sprouted but were trapped under the mulch layer, especially those of <i>Paspalum dilatatum</i> (87%), <i>Cynodon dactylon</i>, and <i>Sorghum halepense</i> (around 50%), while <i>Cyperus rotundus</i> was least affected by the hydromulch treatments (16%). All three blends showed promising results in the reduction of perennial weed emergence, warranting field trials to test combined weed management strategies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6274174eecfc43c3b25fe54e825b191b2023-12-11T18:01:47ZengMDPI AGAgronomy2073-43952021-02-0111239310.3390/agronomy11020393Can Hydromulch Reduce the Emergence of Perennial Weeds?Maria Teresa Mas0Gabriel Pardo1Jorge Pueyo2Antoni M. C. Verdú3Alicia Cirujeda4Departament d’Enginyeria Agroalimentària i Biotecnologia (DEAB), Escola Superior d’Agricultura de Barcelona (ESAB), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), C/Esteve Terradas 8, 08860 Castelldefels, SpainUnidad de Protección Vegetal, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón, Avda, Montañana 930, 50059 Zaragoza, SpainUnidad de Protección Vegetal, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón, Avda, Montañana 930, 50059 Zaragoza, SpainDepartament d’Enginyeria Agroalimentària i Biotecnologia (DEAB), Escola Superior d’Agricultura de Barcelona (ESAB), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), C/Esteve Terradas 8, 08860 Castelldefels, SpainUnidad de Protección Vegetal, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón, Avda, Montañana 930, 50059 Zaragoza, SpainHerbicide weed control is difficult in the first years of perennial crop establishment or in minor crops, and plastic sheet mulches can leave persistent residues. Liquid spray-on mulch (hydromulch) might be a solution in these cases. To test three hydromulch formulations on perennial weed emergence, greenhouse assays were conducted for two years in two localities to evaluate their rhizome sprouting and shoot emergence. Data, obtained from a completely randomized block design, were analyzed by means of generalized linear mixed models with binomial distribution and logit link function; the effects of hydromulch, species, and their interaction were considered fixed, while the other sources of variation (i.e., locality, year, block and rhizome length) were considered random. All three hydromulches, based on wheat straw, rice husk, and used substrate for mushroom cultivation, were capable of reducing rhizome sprouting of all four species tested when compared to the non-mulched treatment. Many rhizomes sprouted but were trapped under the mulch layer, especially those of <i>Paspalum dilatatum</i> (87%), <i>Cynodon dactylon</i>, and <i>Sorghum halepense</i> (around 50%), while <i>Cyperus rotundus</i> was least affected by the hydromulch treatments (16%). All three blends showed promising results in the reduction of perennial weed emergence, warranting field trials to test combined weed management strategies.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/11/2/393weed controlrhizomescrop residuessproutingmulch |
| spellingShingle | Maria Teresa Mas Gabriel Pardo Jorge Pueyo Antoni M. C. Verdú Alicia Cirujeda Can Hydromulch Reduce the Emergence of Perennial Weeds? Agronomy weed control rhizomes crop residues sprouting mulch |
| title | Can Hydromulch Reduce the Emergence of Perennial Weeds? |
| title_full | Can Hydromulch Reduce the Emergence of Perennial Weeds? |
| title_fullStr | Can Hydromulch Reduce the Emergence of Perennial Weeds? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Can Hydromulch Reduce the Emergence of Perennial Weeds? |
| title_short | Can Hydromulch Reduce the Emergence of Perennial Weeds? |
| title_sort | can hydromulch reduce the emergence of perennial weeds |
| topic | weed control rhizomes crop residues sprouting mulch |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/11/2/393 |
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