Forms of soil tillage and weed control in agronomic factors and production of cassava

Authors

  • Auro Akio Otsubo Embrapa Agropecuária Oeste
  • Osmar Rodrigues Brito Universidade Estadual de Londrina
  • Daniel Pires Passos AESCA
  • Humberto Sampaio Araujo APTA-Polo Regional Alta Sorocabana
  • Fábio Martins Mercante Embrapa Agropecuária Oeste
  • Victor Hugo Nakase Otsubo Universidade Estaudal de Londrina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.2012v33n6p2241

Keywords:

Manihot esculenta, Cover crops, Tillage systems, Minimum tillage.

Abstract

The study was conducted to evaluate ways of soil tillage and weed control on the production of cassava. Prior to planting the experiment, an area was left fallow, with a predominance of Brachiaria brizantha, and another area cultivated oat in the conventional tillage system. At the end of the cycle of oats the area was used for the experiment with cassava (cv IAC15). The experimental design was a randomized complete block with three treatments and six repetitions. The treatments corresponding to the types of tillage systems and crop driving were: T1-conventional tillage in the fallow and weed control (CT), T2 – No-till on the oat stubble without control of invasive plants (NTwwc) and T3 – No-till oat straw on the control of invasive plants (NTwc). For the treatment corresponding to conventional tillage (CT) of the experimental plots were prepared with a plow and a harrow leveling. The tillage was performed using mechanized planter. The harvest was performed 14 months after planting. The highest values for plant height and fresh weight of shoots were observed in treatments corresponding to the no-tillage system (NTwc and NTwwc). The greatest number of roots ha-1 was observed in NTwwc treatment differing only from the CT. No significant differences were observed for the fresh mass production of roots among the treatments. The highest value from starch content of roots obtained was in the NTwc treatment.

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Author Biographies

Auro Akio Otsubo, Embrapa Agropecuária Oeste

Engº Agrº, Dr. Pesquisador da Embrapa Agropecuária Oeste, Dourados, MS.

Osmar Rodrigues Brito, Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Prof. Dr. do Deptº de Agronomia da Universidade Estadual de Londrina, UEL, Londrina, PR.

Daniel Pires Passos, AESCA

Engº Agrº, da AESCA, Dourados, MS.

Humberto Sampaio Araujo, APTA-Polo Regional Alta Sorocabana

Engº Agrº, M.Sc, Pesquisador da APTA-Polo Regional Alta Sorocabana, Presidente Prudente, SP.

Fábio Martins Mercante, Embrapa Agropecuária Oeste

Engº Agrº, Dr. Pesquisador da Embrapa Agropecuária Oeste, Dourados, MS.

Victor Hugo Nakase Otsubo, Universidade Estaudal de Londrina

Engº Agrº, UEL, Londrina, PR.

Published

2012-12-04

How to Cite

Otsubo, A. A., Brito, O. R., Passos, D. P., Araujo, H. S., Mercante, F. M., & Otsubo, V. H. N. (2012). Forms of soil tillage and weed control in agronomic factors and production of cassava. Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 33(6), 2241–2246. https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.2012v33n6p2241

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Communication

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