How Do Intensification Practices Affect Weed Management and Yield in Quinoa ( Chenopodium quinoa Willd) Crop?

Ali reza Safahani Langeroodi, Roberto Mancinelli and Emanuele Radicetti
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Ali reza Safahani Langeroodi: Department of Agronomy, Payame Noor University, 8415683111 Tehran, Iran
Roberto Mancinelli: Department of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences (DAFNE), University of Tuscia, Via San Camillo de Lellis snc, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
Emanuele Radicetti: Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, Università di Ferrara, Via Luigi Borsari 46, 44121 Ferrara, Italy

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 15, 1-14

Abstract: Quinoa cultivation is well-adapted to sustainable cropping systems, even if seed yield could be severely limited due to several constraints, such as weeds. Field trials were performed in Gorgan (Iran) to quantify the effects of agro-ecological service crops (rye, CC r ; winter vetch, CC w ; and no cover, CC 0 ), tillage regimes (conventional tillage, CT; and no-tillage, ZT), and herbicide rates (100% rate, H 100 ; 75% rate, H 75 ; and without herbicide, H 0 ). Weed characteristics and quinoa yield were measured. Quinoa seed yield was the highest in CC w -ZT-H 100 . Seed yield in H 100 and H 75 were higher compared with H 0 (2.30 vs. 1.58 t ha −1 , respectively). Under conventional tillage, 46% of weed seeds were observed in the 0–10 cm soil layer and 54% in 10–20 cm soil layers, respectively, while, under no-tillage, about 63% of weed seeds were located up to 10 cm of soil. Amaranthus retroflexus L. was the most abundant species. The total weed density was the lowest in CC r -ZT-H 100 and tended to be higher in CC 0 (30.9 plant m −2 ) and under CT (29.0 plant m −2 ). These findings indicate that cover crops have potential for managing weeds in quinoa; however, their inclusion should be supported by chemical means to maintain high seed.

Keywords: conventional tillage; no-tillage; integrated weed management; rye; winter vetch (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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