Organic Cropping Systems do not Increase Weed Seed Numbers but do Increase Weed Diversity

Helena Madsen Author-Workplace- Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Chair of Crop Science and Plant Biology, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Estonia Author-Workplace- Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Chair of Plant Health, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Estonia, Liina Talgre Author-Workplace- Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Chair of Crop Science and Plant Biology, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Estonia, Jaan Kuht Author-Workplace- Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Chair of Crop Science and Plant Biology, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Estonia, Maarika Alaru Author-Workplace- Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Chair of Crop Science and Plant Biology, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Estonia, Viacheslav Eremeev Author-Workplace- Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Chair of Crop Science and Plant Biology, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Estonia, Erkki Mäeorg Author-Workplace- Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Chair of Crop Science and Plant Biology, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Estonia, Evelin Loit Author-Workplace- Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Chair of Crop Science and Plant Biology, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Estonia and Anne Luik Author-Workplace- Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Chair of Crop Science and Plant Biology, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Estonia

Agricultural Research & Technology: Open Access Journal, 2020, vol. 23, issue 4, 44-52

Abstract: The influence of different cropping systems on the soil weed seed bank after the first crop rotation within a five-field crop rotation (barley undersown with red clover, red clover, winter wheat, pea, potato) in three organic (Org) and in two conventional (Conv) cropping systems was investigated. In organic systems Org I and Org II cover crops were incorporated as a source of nutrient inputs to the soil and in Org II composted cattle manure was also applied. The Org 0 acted as the organic control system without cover crops and manure.

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Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.19080/ARTOAJ.2020.23.5556244

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