Mulches for Weed Management Mulches for Weed Management

Coolong, Timothy

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“…Moreover, as the competition for environmental factors decreased the uptake of different nutrients increased as reflected by chemical composition of onion (El-Metwally et al 2010). Coolong (2012) reported that straw mulching improved soil health by improving soil structure, increasing organic matter in the soil, improving mineral nutrition, and enhancing soil bioactivity and yields. Soil moisture in mulched plots is not only higher, but is more stable during the entire growing season (Sinkevičienė et al 2009).…”

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“…Soil moisture in mulched plots is not only higher, but is more stable during the entire growing season (Sinkevičienė et al 2009). Studies on organic mulch in crops indicate that sawdust, bur-clover weed, rice straw, or cogon grass can reduce weed populations in organic farming systems by inhibiting weed emergence and subsequent growth (Abouziena et al 2008;Sinkevičienė et al 2009;Coolong 2012).…”

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Journal of Plant Protection Research

El-Metwally,

Shalaby

2019

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In two field experiments, the effect of some weed control treatments (citric acid at the rate of 10, 15 and 20%, acetic acid at the rate of 20, 30 and 40%, oxadiargyl, oxyflurfen, rice straw mulch, hand hoeing and an unweeded check control treatment) on weed growth and onion productivity in sandy soils at the Agricultural Experimental Station of the National Research Centre, Egypt was studied. The results indicated that all weeded treatments reduced the dry weight of broadleaf, grassy and total weeds as compared with the weedy check. Oxadiargyl, followed by two hand hoeing, rice straw mulch and acetic acid 40% recorded the greatest weed control efficiency. Insignificant differences were noticed between these treatments. Applying rice straw mulch increased bulb length, bulb diameter, bulb weight and onion yield by 67.52, 57.55, 45.74 and 66.22% over the weedy check, respectively. The highest values of N, P and K were obtained from rice straw mulch treatment followed by hand hoeing, oxadiargyl and acetic acid 40% treatments. It may be concluded that farmers can certainly depend on mulching or acetic acid at 40% instead of using chemical herbicides especially in organic farm systems for controlling onion weeds.

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Journal of Plant Protection Research

El-Metwally,

Shalaby

2019

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“…Teknik budidaya yang dapat dilakukan guna memodifikasi lingkungan tumbuh agar sesuai untuk pertanaman bawang merah adalah pemulsaan. Penggunaan mulsa ditujukan guna menjaga kelembaban tanah, mengurangi evaporasi, menekan gulma serta menjaga dan mengurangi fluktuasi suhu tanah (Azad et al, 2015;Coolong, 2012;Yaghi et al, 2013). Berbagai macam mulsa telah diaplikasikan dalam pertanaman bawang merah, baik mulsa anorganik berupa mulsa plastik serta mulsa organik dari sisa-sisa tanaman atau limbah pertanian (�ahmudi et al, 2017).…”

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Application of Several Compositions of Organic Mulch Sheet on Shallot (Allium ascalonicum L.) Cultivation

Iriany

Santoso

Farizal

et al. 2022

J. Agron. Indonesia

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Peningkatan produksi bawang merah dapat dilakukan dengan pemulsaaan. Mulsa plastik maupun organik yang umum diaplikasikan masih memiliki kekurangan sehingga diperlukan inovasi dengan pembuatan mulsa organik lembaran (Organic Mulch Sheet, OMS). Penelitian bertujuan mengkaji pengaruh komposisi OMS terhadap pertumbuhan dan biomassa tanaman bawang merah. Penelitian dilakukan bulan Desember 2019 sampai Februari 2020 di Lahan Percobaan UMM, Junrejo, Batu, Jawa Timur. Bahan berupa benih umbi bawang merah dan bahan baku OMS (eceng gondok, pelepah batang pisang dan sabut kelapa). Rancangan percobaan yang digunakan RAK sederhana dengan 6 perlakuan yakni 1 kontrol (tanpa mulsa) dan 5 perlakuan komposisi OMS (persentase eceng gondok (EG):pelepah batang pisang (PP): sabut kelapa (SK)) yakni M1 (40%EG: 40%PP: 20%SK), M2 (30%EG: 50%PP: 20%SK), M3 (50%EG: 40%PP: 10%SK), M4 (60%EG: 30%PP: 10%SK) dan M5 (40%EG: 50%PP: 10%SK). Data pertumbuhan dan biomassa dianalisis ANOVA, dilanjutkan dengan uji beda nyata jujur (BNJ) Tukey, dan perhitungan nilai AGR dan CGR. Komposisi OMS berbahan dasar eceng gondok, sabut kelapa dan pelepah batang pisang berpengaruh nyata terhadap tinggi tanaman, diameter batang, jumlah daun serta jumlah anakan pada akhir masa vegetatif. Aplikasi OMS meningkatkan biomassa (berat basah dan berat kering total) tanaman secara nyata pada saat panen. Perlakuan OMS yang terbuat dari 40% eceng gondok, 40% pelepah batang pisang dan 20% sabut kelapa menunjukkan pertumbuhan dan biomassa tanaman serta nilai AGR dan CGR yang lebih tinggi dibandingkan perlakuan OMS lainnya. Kata kunci: average growth rate, biodegradable, biomassa, crop growth rate

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“…However, foils are removed in the middle of May, so the effect of foil mulching is temporary and vacant sites could be quickly filled by birds from neighbouring areas (spillover effect; Tscharntke et al 2012). However, several studies have shown that foil mulches permanently reduce species richness of weeds and density of several invertebrates, which may be food for farmland birds (Ricotta & Masiunas 1991;Radics & Szne Bognar 2004;Frank & Liburd 2005;Coolong 2012). Thus, according to food web theory (Cohen, Briand & Newman 1990;Williams & Martinez 2000), the impact of foil mulching on taxa from lower trophic levels should also be manifested in a negative impact on populations of taxa from higher trophic levels, for example, birds, even after removal of the foil from crops.…”

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New methods of crop production and farmland birds: effects of plastic mulches on species richness and abundance

Skórka

Lenda

Moroń

et al. 2013

Journal of Applied Ecology

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Summary1. Modern methods of crop production are regarded as one of the major factors moderating ecosystem processes in agricultural landscapes and may negatively affect farmland biodiversity. One method which is on the increase is mulching: the use of plastic foil to cover crops at sowing in order to promote early growth by reducing the negative effects of variable temperatures and to limit pesticide use. However, almost nothing is known of the role of mulching on farmland biodiversity. 2. In this study, carried out in southern Poland in 2011, we investigated the impact of mulching with plastic foil on the number of species and abundance of farmland birds at two spatial scales. 3. At the local scale, bird species number and abundance were lower in areas where foil was used than those in the control areas, both during the period when the foil was used and after it was removed from the crops. At the landscape scale, we found a significant negative relationship between the proportion of crops covered by foil and bird species richness and abundance. Farmland specialists, nonfarmland birds, ground nesters and above-ground nesting species were all negatively affected by foil mulching. Foil had a negative effect on potential resources for birds including adult butterflies and their larvae and weed species. 4. Synthesis and applications. Our results provide the first evidence that the use of foil for mulching has negative effects on farmland bird populations, probably through the trophic cascade and habitat disturbance. Therefore, foil mulches must be considered as another factor contributing to the decline of farmland biodiversity. We suggest limiting the use of this method of vegetable production at the farm level. Decreasing the field size and converting some arable fields into grassland patches are proposed as mitigation measures in landscapes with high foil cover.

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Mulches for Weed Management Mulches for Weed Management

Cited by 6 publications

References 36 publications

Journal of Plant Protection Research

Journal of Plant Protection Research

Application of Several Compositions of Organic Mulch Sheet on Shallot (Allium ascalonicum L.) Cultivation

New methods of crop production and farmland birds: effects of plastic mulches on species richness and abundance

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