Use of Living, Mowed, and Soil-Incorporated Cover Crops for Weed Control in Apricot Orchards
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Experimental Site
2.2. Field Trial
2.3. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Weed Species | Bayer Code | Relative Proportion (%) |
---|---|---|
Amaranthus retroflexus L. | AMATR | 22 |
Convolvulus arvensis L. | CONAR | 16 |
Tribulus terrestris L. | TRBTE | 16 |
Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop. | SSYOF | 14 |
Sorghum halepense (L.) Per. | SORHA | 7 |
Lamium amplexicaule L. | LAMAM | 3 |
Chenopodium album L. | CHEAL | 3 |
Thlaspi arvense L. | THLAR | 3 |
Vaccaria pyramidata Medik. | VAAPY | 3 |
Papaver rhoeas L. | PAPRH | 2 |
Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. | CIRAR | 2 |
Xanthium strumarium L. | XANST | 1 |
Portulaca oleracea L. | POROL | 1 |
Convolvulus galaticus Rost. ex Choisy | CONGA | 1 |
Anthemis arvensis L. | ANTAR | 1 |
Others | <5 |
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Tursun, N.; Işık, D.; Demir, Z.; Jabran, K. Use of Living, Mowed, and Soil-Incorporated Cover Crops for Weed Control in Apricot Orchards. Agronomy 2018, 8, 150. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy8080150
Tursun N, Işık D, Demir Z, Jabran K. Use of Living, Mowed, and Soil-Incorporated Cover Crops for Weed Control in Apricot Orchards. Agronomy. 2018; 8(8):150. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy8080150
Chicago/Turabian StyleTursun, Nihat, Doğan Işık, Zeynep Demir, and Khawar Jabran. 2018. "Use of Living, Mowed, and Soil-Incorporated Cover Crops for Weed Control in Apricot Orchards" Agronomy 8, no. 8: 150. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy8080150