Weed infestation of crops of winter spelt wheat (Triticum aestivum ssp. spelta) cultivars grown under different conditions of mineral fertilization and chemical plant protection

Abstract

Apera spica-venti, Setaria pumila, and Galium aparine occurred in greatest numbers in the spelt wheat crop. The cultivar 'Schwabenkorn' was more competitive against weeds. The number of dicotyledonous and monocotyledonous weeds, their total number, and air-dry weight of weeds in the crop of this cultivar were significantly lower compared to cv. 'Spelt I.N.Z.'. Chemical protection of spelt wheat decreased weed dry weight compared to the control treatment without chemical protection. The application of higher rates of mineral fertilizers slightly increased the number of weeds but did not influence their dry weight and number of weed species.

The influence of tillage and chemical plant protection on weed infestation of winter spelt wheat cultivars (Triticum aestivum ssp. spelta) growing in continuous crop

“…The results of the studies confirm the fact of significant increase in weed infestation of spelt wheat devoid of protection against weeds [Andruszczak et al 2012]. On plots with conventional tillage, only cv.…”

Nutritive value of spelt (Triticum aestivum spp. spelta L.) as influenced by the foliar application of copper, zinc and manganese

“…According to them, the average grain yield for the variety 'Schwabenkorn' was 5.54 t ha -1 . Andruszczak et al (2011) observed that levels of crop chemicalization and rates of mineral fertilisation diversified the level of grain yield of variety 'Schwabenkorn'. In the current research, it was found that supplementing mineral fertilisation with micronutrients did not have a significant effect on the Application of mineral fertilisers with micronutrients results in a higher yield and content of mineral components in grain (Narimani et al, 2010;Nadim et al, 2012).…”

An Evaluation of Spelt Crosses for Breeding New Varieties of Spring Spelt

“…The revived interest in spelt can be attributed to the high nutritional value of its grain, which is rich in protein, macronutrients and micronutrients [38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45], resistance to fungal pathogens [18,[46][47][48][49][50][51], and higher adaptability to varied environments and simplified farming systems in comparison to bread wheat [52][53][54]. The milling quality of spelt grain has been recently investigated by Wiwart et al, Rapp et al,and Sobczyk et al [44,45,55].…”