ORIGINAL ARTICLE
A combination of bacterial products and cover crops as an innovative method of weed control in organic spring barley
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Institute of Agriculture and Horticulture, Faculty of Agrobioengineering and Animal Husbandry, Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, Siedlce, Poland
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Department of Soil Science and Microbiology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland
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Faculty of Engineering and Economics, Ignacy Mościcki University of Applied Sciences in Ciechanów, Ciechanów, Poland
A - Research concept and design; B - Collection and/or assembly of data; C - Data analysis and interpretation; D - Writing the article; E - Critical revision of the article; F - Final approval of article
Submission date: 2022-12-07
Acceptance date: 2023-02-10
Online publication date: 2023-04-27
Corresponding author
Rafał Górski
Faculty of Engineering and Economics, Ignacy Mościcki University of Applied Sciences in Ciechanów, Narutowicza 9, 06 - 400, Ciechanów, Poland
Faculty of Engineering and Economics, Ignacy Mościcki University of Applied Sciences in Ciechanów, Narutowicza 9, 06 - 400, Ciechanów, Poland
Journal of Plant Protection Research 2023;63(2):196-207
HIGHLIGHTS
- An application of bacterial products significantly reduces the biomass and number of weeds.
- Cover crops significantly reduce the biomass and number of weeds.
- The best weed control in spring barley was achieved following an application of Azotobacter chroococcum with PGPR.
- An application of a combination of bacterial products and cover cropping reduces an occurrence of dominating weed species.
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ABSTRACT
Field research was conducted at Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities
in 2019–2021. The objective was to determine the effects of bacterial formulations and
cover crops on the biomass, number and species composition of dominating weeds prior
to spring barley harvest. The field trial involved two factors: A – bacterial formulations:
I – control, II – nitrogen-fixing bacteria (Azospirillum lipoferum Br17, Azotobacter
chroococcum), III – nitrogen-fixing bacteria (Azospirillum lipoferum Br17, Azotobacter
chroococcum) + phosphorus-solubilizing bacteria (Bacillus megaterium var, phosphaticum,
Arthrobacter agilis), IV – nitrogen-fixing bacteria (Azotobacter chroococcum) + plant
growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) (Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens,
Pseudomonas fluorescens); B – cover crops: control without a cover crop, red clover, red
clover + Italian ryegrass, Italian ryegrass. Spring barley was harvested in late July. Weed
samples were collected just before harvest to determine the fresh and dry matter of weeds
as well as their number and species composition. The research demonstrated conclusively
that an application of bacterial products combined with cover crops contributed to a significant
reduction in the weight and number of weeds including dominating species such as
Chenopodium album, Sinapis arvensis, Tripleurospermum inodorum and Elymus repens. Superior
weed control was achieved in spring barley grown in combination with Azotobacter
chroococcum + PGPR and a mixture of red clover and Italian ryegrass as a cover crop.
RESPONSIBLE EDITOR
Jolanta Kowalska
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors have declared that no conflict of interests exist.
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