Armengot, Laura; Berner, Alfred; Mäder, Paul and Sans, F. Xavier (2014) WEED FLORA IN A LONG-TERM REDUCED TILLAGE TRIAL, “TILMAN-ORG session”. In: Rahmann, G. and Aksoy, U. (Eds.) Building Organic Bridges, Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Braunschweig, Germany, 3, Thuenen Report, no. 20, pp. 969-972.
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Reduced tillage may improve the environmental and economic performance of organic farming. Reducing the intensity of soil tillage decreases the energy consumption and the emission of carbon dioxide, and could increase carbon sequestration (Holland 2004). Reduced tillage also may improve water retention and reduce soil erosion (Berner et al 2008). One of the main drawbacks of the reduced tillage practices is the potential increase of weed infestation and changes in weed species composition, sometimes to the benefit of species which are more difficult to control, such as perennial and grass species (Peigné et al 2007; Teasdale et al 2007; Sans et al 2011). Organic farmers commonly keep weeds under control by ploughing and by post-emergence mechanical methods, and by indirect means such as appropriate crop rotation including e.g. gras-clover. For this reason, weed management under reduced tillage conditions is expected to be more challenging in organics systems. In this study, we present the results on weed abundance and community composition in a nine-year old long-term experiment under conventional and reduced tillage.
EPrint Type: | Conference paper, poster, etc. |
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Type of presentation: | Paper |
Keywords: | reduced tillage, TILMAN-ORG |
Agrovoc keywords: | Language Value URI English reduced tillage UNSPECIFIED English weed flora UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED long-term field trial UNSPECIFIED |
Subjects: | Crop husbandry > Soil tillage Crop husbandry > Weed management |
Research affiliation: | Spain > University of Barcelona European Union > CORE Organic II > TILMAN-ORG Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Soil International Conferences > 2014: 18th IFOAM OWC Scientific Track: 4th ISOFAR Scientific Conference |
Horizon Europe or H2020 Grant Agreement Number: | 33 |
ISBN: | 978-3-86576-128-6 |
DOI: | 10.3220/REP_20_1_2014 |
Deposited By: | Armengot, Dr Laura |
ID Code: | 23769 |
Deposited On: | 28 Oct 2014 10:16 |
Last Modified: | 05 Jan 2021 13:43 |
Document Language: | English |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Peer-reviewed and accepted |
Additional Publishing Information: | urn:nbn:de:gbv:253-201407-dn053621-1 |
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