Biodegradable mulching spray for weed control in the cultivation of containerized ornamental shrubs

By rest-user, 18 October, 2023
Authors
Giaccone M., Cirillo C., Scognamiglio P., Teobaldelli M., Mataffo A., Stinca A., Pannico A., Immirzi B., Santagata G., Malinconico M., Basile B.
Year
2018
IWM Tactic
Pre-emergence herbicides
DOI
10.1186/s40538-018-0134-z
URL
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85056213469&doi=10.1186%2fs40538-018-0134-z&partnerID=40&md5=9199aedcc1dd95233a234de2fd06fa55
Country
Italy
Crop
ORCHARDS
Description of Tested Tactic
experimental mulching spray based on chitosan in controlling weeds during pot cultivation of an ornamental
shrub.
Description of Reference System
six treatments derived from three types of weed control (no weed control;
herbicide, oxadiazon; mulching spray) applied in containers either flled only with the sterile substrate or flled with
the sterile substrate and then artifcially inoculated with seeds of the weed species [Sonchus asper (L.) Hill subsp. asper
and Epilobium montanum L.]
Reference System Type
WEED-FREE
IWM Pillar
Direct control
Availability
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