Effect of ecological management of weed control on economical income, yield and yield components of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)

Document Type : Scientific - Research

Authors

• Ahmad Zare Feiz Abadi ¹
• Gholamhossein Sareban ²
• Hadi Khazaei ¹

¹ Khorasan Razavi Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Training Center, Iran

² Agriculture Jihad, Torbat-e -Heydariyeh, Iran

10.22067/jag.v2i1.7597

Abstract

In order to compare of ecological management of weed control on economical income, yield and yield components of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.), a Randomized Complete Block design with 12 treatments and four replications was conducted in Mahvelat of Khorasan Razavi province, Iran. Treatments consisted of weeding, harrowing, burning, two times weeding, weeding + harrowing, weeding + burning, harrowing + harrowing, harrowing + weeding, harrowing + burning, weeding+ harrowing+ burning, weed free and weedy as a check treatment. Investigated traits were plant height, number of boll in plant, 20 boll weight, 20 boll cotton lint weight, cotton lint yield per plant, cotton yield, number and biomass of weeds, outcome, net and gross income. The result showed that treatments had significant effect (p

Keywords

• Biomass and economic return
• Burner
• Crusting
• Mechanical methods

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