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Corn cultivar intercropping with arboreal legumes for weed control
(Planta Daninha, 2002-09-18) Silva, P.S.L.; Silva, P.I.B.; Oliveira, V.R.; Barros, G.L.; Monteiro, A.L.
Gliricidia (Gliricidia sepium) seedlings are usually beneficial to corn crops when planted between corn rows. The objective of this work was to assess the effects of corn intercropped with gliricidia and "sabiá" (Mimosa caesalpiniifolia), a species native to the Brazilian northeastern region, on weed control and corn green ear and grain yields. The experiment was carried out at Estação Experimental da Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido – UFERSA (Mossoró, State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil). The experimental design consisted of randomized complete blocks (multifactorial design) with five replications, arranged in split-plots. The plots consisted of corn cultivars AG1051 and BM 2022; subplot treatments (six) were no-hoeing, twice-hoeing (at 20 and 40 days after sowing) and intercropping with gliricidia and "sabiá", either directly sown or transplanted, simultaneously with corn sowing. The intercropped leguminous plants were spaced 0.40 m from each other, and directly seeded or transplanted (30-day-old seedlings) in between two 1 m-spaced corn rows. Twenty three weed species were identified during the experiment. Gliricidia seedlings were superior to "sabiá" seedlings with regard to plant height and survival rate. The highest corn green ear and grain yields were found for twice-hoed subplots, while the lowest yield was found for no-hoed or intercropped subplots. However, grain yield values in intercropped treatments did not differ from grain yield values in hoed plots. In addition, marketable husked green ear mean weights did not differ between twice-hoed subplots and subplots directly seeded with gliricidia and "sabiá". Such results indicated that corn benefited from the intercropping system, but intercropping with gliricidia and "sabiá" transplanted resulted in lower benefits than with the direct sowing of those species.
Corn growth and yield in competition with weeds
(Planta Daninha, 2011-05-12) Silva, P.S.L.; Silva, P.I.B.; Silva, K.M.B.; Oliveira, V.R.; Pontes Filho, F.S.T
Although labor is intensive, evaluating the growth of crops may allow a better understanding of crop performance, including the reasons why certain cultivars can compete better with weeds. This study aims at evaluating growth, green ear yield, and grain yield in corn when in competition with weeds. Cultivars AG 1051 and BRS 106 were grown with (two hoeings, at 20 and 40 days after sowing) or without weed control. In order to evaluate crop growth, six collections of the above-ground part and the root system of corn were performed, every 15 days, with the first collection made 30 days after sowing. A randomized complete block design was adopted, with split-split plots (weed control in plots, cultivars in subplots, and collections in sub-subplots) and ten replicates. Eighteen weed species were found in the experiment area. Increased values of corn leaf area, above-ground part and root system, due to plant age function, were smaller in non-hoed plots than in hoed plots and were dependent upon cultivar. The lack of weed control increased dry matter of weeds aboveground part and decreased green ear yield and grain yield. Cultivar AG 1051 had higher increases in leaf area, above-ground part of the plant and root system, due to plant age function, and controlled weeds better than cultivar BRS 106. In addition, cultivar AG 1051 was superior to other cultivars with respect to most traits used for green corn yield and grain yield assessment.
Crescimento e rendimento do milho e da braquiária em sistema consorciado com diferentes manejos de plantas daninhas
(Planta Daninha, 2013-11-06) Silva, P.I.B.; Fontes, D.R.; Moraes, H.M.F.; Gonçalves, V.A.; Silva, D.V.; Ferreira, L.R.; Felipe, R.S.
Objetivou-se, neste trabalho, avaliar o crescimento e o rendimento do milho e da braquiária em monocultivos e consorciados, com diferentes manejos das plantas daninhas. O experimento foi realizado em área de pastagem degradada, num Latossolo Vermelho-Amarelo distrófico. Os tratamentos foram arranjados em esquema fatorial 4 x 4 + 5, sendo o primeiro fator correspondente aos cultivares de milho (UFV M100, DKB 390, DKB 455 e DKB 789) em consórcio com Urochloa brizantha, combinados com os diferentes manejos de plantas daninhas – capinado; sem controle de plantas daninhas; atrazine (1,5 kg ha-1); e atrazine + nicosulfuron (1,5 kg ha-1 + 8 g ha-1) –, além dos monocultivos capinados de U. brizantha e dos quatro cultivares de milho. O delineamento experimental utilizado foi o de blocos casualizados com quatro repetições. Aos 30, 60, 90, 120 e 150 dias após o plantio (DAP), avaliou-se a matéria seca do milho e da braquiária; na última avaliação, determinou-se, também, o rendimento de grãos do milho. Os maiores acúmulos de matéria seca e rendimentos foram obtidos nos monocultivos da braquiária e do milho. No entanto, a aplicação de atrazine + nicosulfuron no consórcio proporcionou rendimento de grãos de milho similar ao obtido no monocultivo. Os efeitos dos manejos das plantas daninhas e dos cultivares de milho no crescimento da braquiária somente se manifestaram nas avaliações realizadas aos 90, 120 e 150 DAP. Os híbridos de milho mostraram-se mais competitivos com a braquiária do que a variedade; o maior rendimento de grãos foi obtido com o híbrido simples (DKB 390), e o menor, com o híbrido triplo (DKB 455). A interferência de U. brizantha no milho, quando cultivados em consórcio, depende das práticas de manejo de plantas daninhas e do cultivar de milho adotado.
Effect of cowpea intercropping on weed control and corn yieid
(Planta Daninha, 2009-05-15) Silva, P.S.L.; Oliveira, O.F.; Silva, P.I.B.; Silva, K.M.B.; Braga, J.D.
Herbicides have simplified weed control, but the use of herbicides, besides being costly, resulted in the selection of herbicide-resistant weed biotypes and has become an environmental contamination factor. Herbicide use reduction is one of the goals of modern agriculture, with several alternatives being investigated, including intercropping. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of cowpea and corn cultivar intercropping on weed control and corn green-ear (immature ears with 80% humidity grains) and grain yield. A completely randomized block design with split-plots and four replications was used. AG 1051, AG 2060 and PL 6880 corn cultivars (assigned to plots) were submitted to the four treatments: no weeding, two hoe-weeding (22 and 41 days after planting), and intercropping with cowpea (BR 14 and IPA 206 cultivars, with indeterminate growth). The cowpea was planted (with corn planting) between the corn rows, in pits 1.0 m apart, with two plants per pit. The corn cultivars did not differ from each other as to weed density (WD), fresh above-ground weed biomass (WB), green-ear yield and grain yields. Higher WD and WB mean values were found in no weeding subplots; lower mean values in two hoe-weeding subplots; and intermediate mean values in intercropped subplots, indicating that cowpea plants had, to a certain extent, control over weeds. The no-weeded plots and the intercropped plots had lower green-ear and grain yields. Although the cowpea cultivars had a certain control over weeds (mean reductions of 22.5 and 18.3%, in terms of green matter density and weight of the above-ground part of weeds, respectively), they also competed against the corn plants, leading to yield reduction (mean reductions of 17.0 and 32% in green ear and grain yield, respectively). The cowpea cultivars did not produce grain, certainly due to the strong competition exerted by the corn and weeds on cowpea plants.