Influence of cultural treatments in weed control and cassava productivity cultivated under no-tillage system

Authors

  • Antonio Gabriel Filho UNIOESTE Author
  • Antonio Carlos dos Santos Pessoa UNIOESTE Author
  • Laércio Stohhaecker UNIOESTE Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4025/actasciagron.v22i0.2854

Keywords:

Manihot esculenta, plantio direto, controle de plantas daninhas

Abstract

Cassava cultivation is traditionally done with conventional soil preparation. Other techniques such as no-tillage and minimum tillage are currently being adopted. Differences in weed development have been recorded with conventional tillage as compared to that with no-tillage. Manual and mechanical treatments accomplished 30 and 60 days after planting of cassava cultivated under conventional no-tillage are evaluated. Data on yield, effort in manual harvesting and starch concentration were collected. Results indicated that, in the absence of weeds, yield (25759 kg ha-1) was not statistically different from that obtained with manual weeding 60 days after planting (20952 kg ha-1). Manual or mechanical weeding 30 days after planting did not yield satisfactory. On the contrary, it increased cropping labor and decreased root starch concentration due to weed competition

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Author Biography

  • Antonio Gabriel Filho, UNIOESTE
    Possui graduação em Engenharia Agronômica (1989), mestrado em Agronomia (Energia na Agricultura - 1993) e doutorado também em Agronomia (Energia na Agricultura - 1998) pela Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (1998) . Atualmente é professor adjunto da Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná e realiza o pós-doutorado da Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho. Tem experiência na área de Agronomia, com ênfase em Mecanização Agrícola, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: mecanização, máquinas agrícola e compactação do solo Currículo Lattes

Published

2008-05-08

Issue

Section

Agronomy

How to Cite

Influence of cultural treatments in weed control and cassava productivity cultivated under no-tillage system. (2008). Acta Scientiarum. Agronomy, 22, 1005-1009. https://doi.org/10.4025/actasciagron.v22i0.2854

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