Year
2017
IWM Tactic
DOI
10.1017/S1742170516000107
URL
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84976541930&doi=10.1017%2fS1742170516000107&partnerID=40&md5=48af03aead2d592674f4a788cf4b9131
Country
Description of Tested Tactic
the suitability of burr medic (Medicago polymorpha L. var.
anglona) as an living mulch for three organic cauliflower cultivars (Brassica oleracea L. var. botrytis) production in a Mediterranean environment.
anglona) as an living mulch for three organic cauliflower cultivars (Brassica oleracea L. var. botrytis) production in a Mediterranean environment.
The objective of this research was to study the suitability of burr medic (Medicago polymorpha L. var. anglona) as an LM (living mulch) for organic cauliflower (Brassica oleracea L. var. botrytis) production in a Mediterranean environment. Two LM sowing times (early sowing – sowing concurrent with cauliflower transplanting versus late sowing – 3 weeks later) compared with a no living mulch control (LM-CT) were investigated in central Italy (Experiment 1), along with a comparison between two local cauliflower cultivars and a hybrid. In Southern Italy (Experiment 2), crop performance under two LM sowing times [20 days before cauliflower transplanting versus concurrent sowing (CS)] compared with a no LM-CT , with organic fertilizers and amendments allowed in organic farming as subplots, was assessed.
Description of Reference System
These experimental treatments were compared with a no living mulch control (LM-CT). The LM-CT was weeded through two hoeings during the crop cycle (i.e., using standard organic farming agronomic practices in the area), while no weeding was performed in the CS ( concurrent sowing) and LS (late sowing) treatments past burr medic sowing.
Control treatment without cover crop
Reference System Type
UNTREATED
IWM Pillar
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