Year
2014
IWM Tactic
DOI
10.1016/j.scienta.2013.12.018
URL
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84892455325&doi=10.1016%2fj.scienta.2013.12.018&partnerID=40&md5=01dd5a506a9aa1d9fd3fbade13ca460c
Country
Description of Tested Tactic
Test of two cover crop species (hairy vetch and oat) with residues mowed and left in strips on the soil surface as organic dead mulch.
Inside the paired pepper rows, weed-free or weedy system. Along the pepper rows, rotary-hoeing operations.
Inside the paired pepper rows, weed-free or weedy system. Along the pepper rows, rotary-hoeing operations.
A 2-year field experiment was carried out with the aim of assessing the effect of cover crops and their residue managements on the following pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) crop productivity. Treatments consisted of factorial combinations of cover crops [hairy vetch (Vicia villosa Roth.), oat (Avena sativa L.) and no cover], residue management systems [tilled (as green manure, GM), or mowed and placed in strips in the crop row (as dead mulch, M)].
Description of Reference System
i) Weed-free system with 2 hand-weeding operations during the season, and ii) weedy system.
Tested tactic compared to incorporated cover crop residues and no covered soil untilled or tilled at the cover crop termination time.
Tested tactic compared to incorporated cover crop residues and no covered soil untilled or tilled at the cover crop termination time.
Control treatment without cover crop
Reference System Type
NO-HERBICIDE
UNTREATED
IWM Pillar
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