Cultivation of Fiber and Oil Flax (Linum usitatissimumL.) in No-tillage and Conventional Systems. Part I. Influence of No-tillage and Conventional System on Yield and Weed Infestation of Fiber Flax and the Physical and Biological Properties of the Soil

Impact of Tillage Intensity, NPK Fertilization and Weed Control on Seed Yield and Yield Components of Flaxin Newly ReclaimedLands

“…On the contrary, unweeded control at NT gave significantly higher number of capsules per plant compared to that under CT. That may be attributed to the lower density of weeds in NT, compared to CT (Table 4), which resulted in better growth of flax plants and formation of higher number of capsules. These results were in accordance with those reported by Mankowski et al (2013) The tillage system x fertilization treatment interaction (Table 8) was significant in 2013/2014 season only. Plant height varied significantly under CT conditions with the different macronutrients fertilization treatments, whereas plant height was insignificantly affected by the different applied macronutrients fertilization treatments under NT system.…”

“…Blackshaw et al (2001) found that weed community dynamics were most affected by yearto-year differences in environmental conditions followed by tillage intensity. Mankowski et al (2013) reported that no-tillage reduced the number and weight of weeds compared to conventional cultivation with plowing. That could be explained by accumulation of seeds near the soil surface in no-tillage system, thus seeds are exposed to higher mortality risks through weather variability and predation (Blubaugh & Kaplan, 2015) and less seedling establishment (Franke et al, 2007).…”

“…Meanwhile, adoption of no-tillage system will change weed communities and growth dynamics, compared to under conventional tillage system, thus weed control via herbicides need to be adjusted (Nichols et al, 2015). Mankowski et al (2013) reported that no-tillage, regardless of weed control, reduced the number and weight of weeds compared to conventional cultivation with plowing. Moreover, Mankowski & Pudelko (2015) found that weed control with herbicide, regardless of the tillage system, increased the yield of fiber, resulting from both the increase in straw yield and the share of fiber in the straw of flax.…”

Evaluation of the Effect of the Tillage System and Weed Control on the Yield of Flax Fibre and Its Quality

“…Standard practices were used for growing flax with conventional tillage. The effect of the factors investigated on weed infestation, flax yield as well as physical, chemical and biological properties of the soil has been reported previously [7]. The present study is a supplementation and continuation of the thesis mentioned above and addresses the effect of the tillage systems and weed control on the yield of homomorphic flax fibre and its quality.…”

“…This leads to the conducting of the research with crops which have never been investigated in the no-tillage system. However, there are no reports on the reduction of tillage in the cultivation of fibre crops except the recent article by authors of the present study [7], in which the effects of the no-tillage system on weed infestation, flax yield and physical and biological soil properties are presented.…”