Abstract
Summary Knowledge of the effects of agricultural practices on weed seedbank dynamics is essential for predicting future problems in weed management. This article reports data relative to weed seedbank structure after 18 years of continuous application of conventional tillage ( CT , based on mouldboard ploughing) or no tillage ( NT ) within three crop sequences (continuous wheat, W W ; wheat–faba bean, W F ; and wheat–berseem clover, W B ). Tillage system did not affect the size of the total weed seedbank, but altered both its composition and the distribution of seeds within the soil profile. In particular, the adoption of CT favoured some species (mainly Polygonum aviculare ), whereas the continuous use of NT favoured other species ( Papaver rhoeas, Phalaris spp. and Lactuca serriola ). The effects of tillage system on weed seedbank size and composition were less pronounced in the W B cropping system than in either the W W or W F . Compared with W F and W B , W W resulted in an increase in total weed seedbank density (about 16 000 seedlings m −2 in W W , compared with 10 000 and 6000 seedlings m −2 in W F and W B , respectively) and a reduction in weed diversity, with a strong increase in some species (e.g. Polygonum aviculare ). Our results for the effect of NT application on weed seedbank size and composition suggest that farmers should only apply such a conservative technique within an appropriate crop sequence.
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Claims 10
Claim · model-written summary
Tillage system did not affect the size of the total weed seedbank in the wheat-based sequences.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivume1 - Treatment
- Tillage systeme1
- Outcome
- size of the total weed seedbanke1
- Direction
- did not affecte1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“continuous wheat, W W ; wheat–faba bean, W F ; and wheat–berseem clover, W B ). Tillage system did not affect the size of the total weed seedbank”
Claim · model-written summary
Tillage system altered the composition of the weed seedbank in the wheat-based sequences.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume1
- Treatment
- Tillage systeme1
- Outcome
- compositione2
- Direction
- alterede2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“continuous wheat, W W ; wheat–faba bean, W F ; and wheat–berseem clover, W B ). Tillage system did not affect the size of the total weed seedbank”
e2“but altered both its composition and the distribution of seeds within the soil profile”
Claim · model-written summary
Tillage system altered the distribution of weed seeds within the soil profile.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume1
- Treatment
- Tillage systeme1
- Outcome
- distribution of seeds within the soil profilee2
- Direction
- alterede2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“continuous wheat, W W ; wheat–faba bean, W F ; and wheat–berseem clover, W B ). Tillage system did not affect the size of the total weed seedbank”
e2“but altered both its composition and the distribution of seeds within the soil profile”
Claim · model-written summary
Conventional tillage favoured some weed species, mainly Polygonum aviculare.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume1
- Treatment
- the adoption of CTe3
- Interactor
- Polygonum aviculare
Polygonum avicularee3weed - Outcome
- speciese3
- Direction
- favourede3
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“continuous wheat, W W ; wheat–faba bean, W F ; and wheat–berseem clover, W B ). Tillage system did not affect the size of the total weed seedbank”
e3“the adoption of CT favoured some species (mainly Polygonum aviculare”
Claim · model-written summary
Continuous no tillage favoured other weed species, including Papaver rhoeas.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume1
- Treatment
- the continuous use of NTe4
- Interactor
- Papaver rhoeas
Papaver rhoease4weed - Outcome
- speciese4
- Direction
- favourede4
- Qualifier
- Phalaris spp. and Lactuca serriolae4
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“continuous wheat, W W ; wheat–faba bean, W F ; and wheat–berseem clover, W B ). Tillage system did not affect the size of the total weed seedbank”
e4“the continuous use of NT favoured other species (Papaver rhoeas, Phalaris spp. and Lactuca serriola”
Claim · model-written summary
The effects of tillage on weed seedbank size and composition were less pronounced in the W B sequence than in the W W or W F sequences.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume1
- Treatment
- tillage systeme5
- Outcome
- effects of tillage system on weed seedbank size and compositione5
- Direction
- less pronouncede5
- Comparator
- W W or W Fe5
- Setting
- W B cropping systeme5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“continuous wheat, W W ; wheat–faba bean, W F ; and wheat–berseem clover, W B ). Tillage system did not affect the size of the total weed seedbank”
e5“The effects of tillage system on weed seedbank size and composition were less pronounced in the W B cropping system than in either the W W or W F”
Claim · model-written summary
Continuous wheat (W W) increased total weed seedbank density compared with the W F and W B sequences.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume1
- Treatment
- W We6
- Outcome
- total weed seedbank densitye6
- Direction
- increasee6
- Value
- about 16 000 seedlings m −2e6
- Qualifier
- compared with 10 000 and 6000 seedlings m −2e6
- Comparator
- W F and W Be6
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“continuous wheat, W W ; wheat–faba bean, W F ; and wheat–berseem clover, W B ). Tillage system did not affect the size of the total weed seedbank”
e6“W W resulted in an increase in total weed seedbank density (about 16 000 seedlings m −2 in W W , compared with 10 000 and 6000 seedlings m −2 in W F and W B , respectively) and a reduction in weed diversity, with a strong increase in some species (e.g. Polygonum aviculare”
Claim · model-written summary
Continuous wheat (W W) reduced weed diversity compared with the W F and W B sequences.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume1
- Treatment
- W We6
- Outcome
- weed diversitye6
- Direction
- reductione6
- Comparator
- W F and W Be6
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“continuous wheat, W W ; wheat–faba bean, W F ; and wheat–berseem clover, W B ). Tillage system did not affect the size of the total weed seedbank”
e6“W W resulted in an increase in total weed seedbank density (about 16 000 seedlings m −2 in W W , compared with 10 000 and 6000 seedlings m −2 in W F and W B , respectively) and a reduction in weed diversity, with a strong increase in some species (e.g. Polygonum aviculare”
Claim · model-written summary
Continuous wheat (W W) strongly increased some weed species, such as Polygonum aviculare, compared with the W F and W B sequences.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume1
- Treatment
- W We6
- Interactor
- Polygonum avicularePolygonum avicularee6weed
- Outcome
- some speciese6
- Direction
- strong increasee6
- Comparator
- W F and W Be6
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“continuous wheat, W W ; wheat–faba bean, W F ; and wheat–berseem clover, W B ). Tillage system did not affect the size of the total weed seedbank”
e6“W W resulted in an increase in total weed seedbank density (about 16 000 seedlings m −2 in W W , compared with 10 000 and 6000 seedlings m −2 in W F and W B , respectively) and a reduction in weed diversity, with a strong increase in some species (e.g. Polygonum aviculare”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend that the no-tillage technique be applied only within an appropriate crop sequence.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume1
- Outcome
- only apply such a conservative technique within an appropriate crop sequencee7
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“continuous wheat, W W ; wheat–faba bean, W F ; and wheat–berseem clover, W B ). Tillage system did not affect the size of the total weed seedbank”
e7“suggest that farmers should only apply such a conservative technique within an appropriate crop sequence”
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