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Effect of Cover Crop Mulches on Weed Emergence, Weed Biomass, and Soybean (Glycine max) Development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Monica J. Moore ,
Terry J. Gillespie  and
Clarence J. Swanton
Monica J. Moore
Affiliation:
Dep. Land Resource Sci., Univ. Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada N1G 2W1
Terry J. Gillespie
Affiliation:
Dep. Land Resource Sci., Univ. Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada N1G 2W1
Clarence J. Swanton
Affiliation:
Dep. Crop Sci., Univ. Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada N1G 2W1
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Abstract

Field studies were conducted in 1988/89 and 1989/90 at two locations to determine the effect of rye, wheat, and triticale cover crop mulches on weed emergence patterns, weed biomass, and soybean development. Redroot pigweed and common lambsquarters emergence patterns were not altered by mulches. Early in the season, mulches reduced weed biomass; however, the results were inconsistent between locations and years. Under weed-free conditions, the cover crop mulches had no detrimental effects on soybean development and yields were not different from bare soil controls.

Keywords

Common lambsquarters, Chenopodium album (L.) # CHEALredroot pigweed, Amaranthus retroflexus (L.) # AMARErye, Secale cereale L. ‘Danko’soybean, Glycine max (L.) Merr. ‘A 1937’ and ‘Pioneer 0877’triticale, X Triticosecale Wittmack ‘OAC Wintri’wheat, Triticum aestivum L. ‘Augusta.’Mulchnon-chemical weed control
Type
Research
Information
Weed Technology , Volume 8 , Issue 3 , September 1994 , pp. 512 - 518
Copyright
Copyright © 1994 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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