Weeds compete with crops for belowground resources; however, there is little detailed information on relative dynamics of soil water during competitive interactions. This research was conducted to determine changes in soil-water storage (CSWS) in rain-fed no-tillage corn (Zea mays L.) production in the presence or absence of weed competition over two droughty growing seasons. Weeds at the exper...

abstract- this experiment was carried out during the growing seasons of 2010 and 2011 at the agricultural research farm of bu-ali sina university, to study the effect of weed competition on subsequent germination and seed vigour of chickpea. 12 weed interference durations were evaluated in a randomized complete block design with three replications. experiments consisted of two sets of treatment...

The critical period for weed control (CPWC) is the period in the crop growth cycle during which weeds must be controlled to prevent unacceptable yield losses. Field studies were conducted in 2005 and 2006 in the University of Birjand at the south east of Iran to determine CPWC of corn using a randomized complete block design with 14 treatments and four replications. The treatments consisted of ...

(1) Background: Weed control decreases the competition for nutrients, but also potential of increased phosphorus (P) mobilization in soils caused by higher plant diversity. (2) Methods: Impacts weed species under maize on mycorrhizal colonization and plant-availability P were investigated two pot experiments. Plant traits tested weed-free mixed growth with six annual species. (3) Results: Growt...

weed's behaviors differ in a multiweed-crop competition system compare to a mono weed-crop competition system. the present investigation was carried out in mashhad, iran, to study the effect of weeds, which emerged naturally in a multi species community along side with melon, on quantitative and qualitative characteristics of the crop during 2007. thirty five plots were selected randomly in a g...

Maize (Zea maize L.) is one of the major cereal crop produced worldwide after wheat and rice mainly as food for human animal feed .maize most sensitive to weed competition during its early growth stage control an important management practice production that should be carried out ensure optimum grain yield. Weeds compete with corn plants resources such light, nutrients, space, moisture, water, ...

an experiment was conducted in 2011 to evaluate the effect of weed interference on sunflower yield in deficit irrigation and to study the grass and broadleaf weeds growth at different moisture condition. the experiment was arranged as factorial, randomized complete blocks with four replicates per treatment. treatments included different moisture conditions [40%, 60%, 80%, and 100 percent of cro...

Experiments comparing conventional and organic systems often report similar yields despite substantially higher weed abundance in the organic systems. A potential explanation for this observation is that weed– crop competition relationships differ between the two types of systems. We analysed weed and crop yield data from the Rodale Institute Farming Systems Trial (FST), which provides a unique...