Van.Vig. Stubble mulching is a system of farming primarily developed in the arid and semiarid areas. Three weed control methods were used namely as (i) herbicides, (ii) cereals as mulch, and (iii) inter-row cultivation. Agric. For instance, coarse mulches are more beneficial than the finer ones of the same category in controlling the temperature at favorable conditions (Horowitz and Thomas 1994). J. 2004). I: effects of weed control. Juglonic acid is mostly isolated from the bark of black walnut and used in the inhibition of many weeds and non-desirable plants. Early research at Kansas State University found a decrease in water infiltration and soil particle size after just one pass. Soil temperature moderation. Losses in seed cotton yield increased with increased duration of weed cotton competition and maximum loss (96.5%) occurred with full-season competition followed by 100, 80, 60, 40, and 20 DAS. Soil. 103:372377, Sun D, Dickinson G, Bragg A (1994) The establishment of Eucalyptus camaldulensis on a tropical saline site in north Queensland. New Zealand Gardener. The selection of specific mulching type for particular purpose is of significant importance. Stubble-mulch tillage Here, soil is disturbed before planting without burying or destroying. From this research study, it was found out that with increasing the rate of wheat straw as mulch, maximum soil moisture was retained in relation to un-mulched treatment. Food. . Sci. Hortic. Tropic. PDF Tilian Teolian Jethrotull, The runoff was reduced by 43% through using the straws as mulch (Borst and Woodburn 1942). chisel + disc harrow + sowing, rotary tiller + sowing and direct mulch sowing. 1999), silviculture farming (Samra and Singh 1998), plantations of forests (Gardiner and Yeiser 1998; Hunt 1963), and sites of restorations (Cahill et al. Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing initiative. Weeds are controlled chemically or mechanically. Perez-Sierra A, Laflamme G, Berube JA, Bussieres G (2003). In tillage: Mulch tillage. Even though plastic films and landscape fabrics have the ability to successfully reduce the weed population, these are not used for a long time. Sci. Arkan. Biol. Likewise, the living mulches are useful to reduce the weeds by competing for the basic resources such as light, moisture, nutrients, and oxygen. Tilander and Bonzi (1997) reported that the cobbles mulch had more positive effects than the gravel mulch, and leaf mulches had greater optimistic effects than the compost material. Stubble-mulching can prevent soil erosion from wind or water and conserve soil moisture.. References This article incorporates public domain material from Jasper Womach. Or, lay down a layer of cardboard before adding your organic matter. Environ. Sci. If this compost is not fully decomposed, then it will work as a seed bank of weeds and will be favorable for the establishment of perennial weed species. Soil & Water Management The pathogens of fungus mostly contain cellulose in their cell wall which is degraded by the cellulose enzyme which is produced by most of the soil microbes which live inside the mulch (Downer et al.