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Residual effects of crop rotation and weed management on a wheat test crop and weeds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Anne Légère  and
F. Craig Stevenson
F. Craig Stevenson
Affiliation:
142 Rogers Road, Saskatoon, SK, Canada S7N 3T6
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Abstract

Crop rotations, particularly those that include legumes, often result in improved soil quality and crop yields. A study was conducted to confirm the presence and persistence of the residual effects of crop rotation and weed management on a test crop and weeds in three tillage systems (moldboard plow [MP]; chisel plow [CP]; no tillage [NT]). Rotation (spring barley monoculture and spring barley–red clover rotation) and weed management (intensive, moderate, minimum) treatments, initiated in 1987, were terminated, and a test crop of spring wheat was grown in 1995 and 1996. Tillage treatments were maintained throughout. Multivariate analysis showed that weed communities were more affected by treatment termination in the rotation NT treatment with minimum weed management than in all other treatments. The former treatment was dominated by perennial broadleaf weeds but sustained adequate wheat yields (3.3 Mg ha−1) compared with the monoculture (1.0 Mg ha−1) one year after termination. Weed communities in CP and MP plots were less affected by treatment termination. Yet, changes in herbicide use at termination caused the virtual elimination of quackgrass from tilled plots and allowed field pennycress to become ubiquitous across treatments. Residual effects from crop rotation were more important than those from weed management in increasing wheat yields in tilled systems. Differences in wheat yield in NT systems 2 yr after treatment termination were attributed to residual effects from previous weed management rather than from crop rotation. Beneficial effects of crop rotation and weed management may persist for 2 yr but will vary according to tillage system.

Keywords

Chickweed, Stellaria media (L.) Vill. STEMEfield pennycress, Thlaspi arvense L. THLARhempnettle, Galeopsis tetrahit L. GAETEquackgrass, Elytrigia repens (L.) Nevski AGRREred clover, Trifolium pratense L. TRFPRspring barley, Hordeum vulgare L. HORVXspring wheat, Triticum aestivum L.sun spurge, Euphorbia helioscopia L. EPHHECereal–forage rotationconservation tillageno tillageprincipal components (PC) analysisweed communitieszero tillage
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Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 50 , Issue 1 , February 2002 , pp. 101 - 111
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Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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