Naslov
Response of a weed community to different management practice in field bean

Autori
Štefanić, Edita ; Štefanić, Ivan ; Murdoch, Alistair

Izvornik
Zeitschrift fur Pflanzenkrankenheiten und Pflanzenschutz Journal of Plant Deseases and Protection (0340-8159) 112 (2005), 5; 437-446

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
field bean ; herbicides ; mechanical weed control ; redundancy analysis ; species diversity

Sažetak
Weed control strategies for field beans were studied in North-eastern Croatia. This study focused on how different weed management practices affect weed community composition. The recommended pre-emergence herbicide application was compared to different treatments of post-emergence herbicide (broadcasted or banded over crop rows) and mechanical weed control in order to explore the response of a weed community to diffeent management practice. Weed density data were used to compare total community densities by weed management strategies and to calculate diversity indices. Data wee analyzed using ANOVA and multivariate technique. Weed community structure was generally similar in the post-emergence herbicide treatments, which were dominated by a few species that had high relative abundance values, while most of the species were of lowe abundance. Notable fluctuations in weed communities corresponded with variation in weather patterns and management practice.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Poljoprivreda (agronomija)

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