Effects of different tillage and fertilization methods on weed
community and crop yield
in an organic
corn field
Bo
Wenjing, Guo
Liyue, Li
Xiao, Wei
Jiguang, Li
Caihong, Li
Yong, Jiang Gaoming*
(*Correspondence author)
State Key Laboratory of
vegetation and environmental change, Institute of Botany, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, No. 20, Nanxincun, Xiangshan, Beijing
100093
Agricultural
College of Shandong Agricultural University
Chinese Bulletin of
Botany, 2012, 47(6):
637-644
[Abstract] Weeds are an important part of agricultural
ecosystem. Weed control in organic farmland is a big problem in
agricultural production. It is expected to be a new way to change
the competition pattern of weeds by applying fertilizer. Five
different treatments, CK, cm, EM, NT
and NS, were used to study the effects
of different tillage and fertilization methods on weed density,
biomass, biodiversity and crop yield. The results showed that 17
kinds of weeds were found in organic corn field, and CK had the
highest weed density, but the total weed biomass and biodiversity
index were low. The total biomass of EM weeds and the biomass
of Eleusine indicawere the highest, increased by
192.6% and 224.8% respectively compared with CK (P < 0.01), the
species richness and biodiversity index were lower, and the
dominant concentration index was higher. The total density, biomass
and biodiversity of NS weeds were significantly lower than NT. In
addition, the yield of EM maize (Zea mays) was 40.2% higher than CK (P < 0.01), 19.6%
higher than CM(P < 0.01).
The application of cow manure treated by earthworm not only
increased the yield of corn, but also promoted the growth of
dominant species of weeds and the dominant concentration of weed
community.