Suppression of weed and insect populations by living and straw mulches in sesame (Sesamum indicum L.)
Solmaz Azimi, Rouhollah Amini, Majid Hosseingolizadeh · 2023
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Description
Sesame growers fight weeds and insects at once, and heavy spraying is the blunt answer many fields get. Solmaz Azimi, Rouhollah Amini, and Majid Hosseingolizadeh tested gentler covers in a 2023 field study in East Azerbaijan, Iran, run over two growing seasons.
Plots got a standard herbicide, wheat straw mulch, living mulches of fenugreek, bitter vetch, or calendula, or a single hand weeding. The calendula cover held pest numbers lowest and sheltered the most pest-eating insects, such as lady beetles. Hand weeding cut weed mass most and gave the top yield. Still, the calendula and straw plots yielded about as well as the herbicide plot, which supports them as options for more sustainable sesame growing.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Solmaz Azimi, Rouhollah Amini, Majid Hosseingolizadeh |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 46 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |