Crop yield and weed growth under conservation agriculture in semi-arid Zimbabwe

• Published in: Soil & tillage research Vol. 124; pp. 102 - 110
• Main Authors: Mashingaidze, Nester, Madakadze, Casper, Twomlow, Stephen, Nyamangara, Justice, Hove, Lewis
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.08.2012; Elsevier
• Subjects: Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Basins; Biological and medical sciences; biomass; Conservation agriculture; conventional tillage; corn; Cowpea; cowpeas; crop yield; cropping systems; crops; field experimentation; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; hands; Hoe weeding; labor; Maize residue mulch; minimum tillage; moldboard plows; mulching; Parasitic plants. Weeds; Phytopathology. Animal pests. Plant and forest protection; plant establishment; planting; small-scale farming; Soil science; Sorghum; Sorghum bicolor; Vigna unguiculata; weed control; Weeds; Zimbabwe; Zimbabwe; Southern Africa; Africa; Conservation agriculture; Cowpea; Sorghum; Maize residue mulch; Hoe weeding; Weeds; Monocotyledones; Tropical zone; Vigna unguiculata; Cereal crop; Sustainable agriculture; Gramineae; Semi arid zone; Dicotyledones; Angiospermae; Soil science; Mulching; Weed control; Zea mays; Weed; Hoeing; Vegetal waste; Grain legume; Leguminosae; Herbaceous plant; Spermatophyta; Yield

► Studied effect of tillage, mulch and weeding on weed growth in cowpea and sorghum. ► High early season weed growth was observed in minimum tillage (MT) systems. ► Maize mulching associated with high mid- to late-season weed growth in both crops. ► Frequent hoe weeding decreased weed growth and imp...