Soil Solarization for Managing Weeds in Cabbage Brassica Oleraceae var Capitata in Trinidad and Tobago
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Abstract
Abstract: A study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of soil solarization at the University Field Station (UFS), Trinidad and Tobago, in a cabbage (Brassica oleraceae var. capitata) field naturally infested with weeds. Well prepared pre-irrigated plots 2.4m × 5.4m were covered with 4mm thick clear polyethylene sheeting for the duration of seven weeks from the14th February to 3rd April, 2007. Cow manure was incorporated at a rate of 500m3 / ha in some solarized plots. Non-solarized plots were either treated with pre-emergent pendimethalin at a rate of 4.2L /ha three days after transplanting; treated with glyphosate two weeks before transplanting at a rate of 5L/ha in a stale seedbed preparation or were hand weeded. The cabbage variety salvation was transplanted on the 4th April, 2007. At the end of 10 weeks solarized plots were more effective in controlling weeds. Clear plastic give the best weed control (97.6%) followed by clear plastic + manure (96%) with pendimethalin giving 85.6 % control. However, pendimethalin gave a more consistent control of weeds for the duration of the crop. At all stages of assessment of the soil weed seed bank there was no significant difference in the weed count. Clear plastic had the highest yield of 36.45 t/ha and was significantly different from all other treatments. This yield was almost twice that of stale seedbed which gave the next best result of 18.75 t/ha. Pendimethalin had the lowest yield of 4.563 t/ha and
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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