Intercropping of wheat and pea can suppress weed growth and enhances water use efficiency under Mediterranean conditions – IntercropVALUES Practice Abstract for organic farming
Weed management in agriculture is an important issue. Conventional agriculture relies on the use of synthetic herbicides which have detrimental environmental & health impacts. The use of intercropping with different crop species and high density, can suppress the development of weeds and so, improve the weed management in a sustainable way, as well as enhance […]
Agronomic and genetic assessment of organic wheat performance in England: a field-scale cultivar evaluation with a network of farms
Yield gaps between organic and conventional agriculture raise concerns about future agricultural systems which should reduce external inputs and face an unpredictable climate. In the UK, the performance gap is especially severe for wheat that, as a result, has a small and shrinking organic acreage. In organic wheat production, most determinants of crop performance are […]
Targeted timing of hairy vetch cover crop termination with roller crimper can eliminate glyphosate requirements in no-till sunflower
No-till cropping systems with cover crops can improve soil health, but often rely on glyphosate, which is a contentious herbicide. In this study, we investigated whether a system based on the direct sowing of sunflower (Helianthus annuus) in the dead mulch of a roller-crimped hairy vetch (Vicia villosa) could be competitive with a system where […]
Coltivazione di spinaci biologici: ricerca di metodi di coltivazione più efficienti
Il consumo di prodotti biologici in Europa è in aumento. Un ortaggio popolare che non riesce a soddisfare questa domanda sono gli spinaci biologici. Ciò è dovuto principalmente al difficile controllo delle erbe infestanti in questo fragile ortaggio a foglia seminato a distanza ravvicinata, e ai severi requisiti di qualità del prodotto coltivato. Il prodotto […]
Effect of Biosolarization and Cover Crops on Weeds and Soil-borne Pathogens
As the negative health and environmental effects of chemical soil fumigation become more apparent, it is critical to devise safe, alternative methods of soil fumigation. Organic growers constantly struggle with weed control and need innovative, chemical‐free weed management techniques. Soil solarization is an organic method that has been proven to provide effective weed, pathogen, and […]
