Open AccessOptimising tine weeding in organic pea crops
Author(s) -
F. Dastgheib
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
proceedings of the new zealand weed and pest control conference/new zealand plant protection/proceedings of the ... national weeds conference/proceedings of the new zealand weed control conference/proceedings of the new zealand plant protection conference
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0370-2804
pISSN - 0370-0968
DOI - 10.30843/nzpp.2004.57.6940
Subject(s) - tine , sativum , agronomy , biology , crop , weed control , field pea , yield (engineering) , pisum , weed , horticulture , structural engineering , engineering , materials science , metallurgy
Field trials were undertaken over three years to determine the effect of tine weeding in organic pea (Pisum sativum) crops in Canterbury The tine weeding treatments were performed either as single or repeated passes at different times of crop growth Significant weed control and yield increase were achieved with a single pass of tine weeding either at preemergence or at the 2leaf stage of the crop On some occasions two passes of tine were required to control new weeds Late postemergence tine weeding did not have a positive effect on pea yield