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DEGRADABLE MULCH AS AN ALTERNATIVE FOR WEED CONTROL IN LETTUCE PRODUCED ON ORGANIC SOILS

Article number

638_13

Pages

111 – 118

Language

English

Abstract

Publication

XXVI International Horticultural Congress: Sustainability of Horticultural Systems in the 21st Century

Authors

S. Jenni, D. Brault, K.A. Stewart

Keywords

biodegradable mulch, crisphead lettuce, Lactuca sativa L., organic soils, paper mulch, polyethylene, soil moisture

Full text

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.638.13

Online Articles (65)

2. MAKING SUSTAINABILITY AN ISSUE IN APPLIED HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH

L. Bertschinger

3. TOWARDS A NEW FRAMEWORK FOR AN AGRICULTURE & HORTICULTURE EMBEDDED IN SOCIETY

V. Zachariasse

4. A PROBLEM CASE STUDY: INFLUENCE OF CLIMATIC TRENDS ON LATE BLIGHT EPIDEMIOLOGY IN POTATOES

K.M. Baker | W.W. Kirk | J. Andresen | J.M. Stein

5. EVALUATION, DESIGN AND CONTROL OF SUSTAINABLE HORTICULTURAL CROPPING SYSTEMS

C. Gary

6. RESEARCH ON BIOMASS DEVELOPMENT AND RESIDUE DECOMPOSITION OF HORTICULTURAL CROPS FOR EROSION PREDICTION MODELS: PHILOSOPHY AND METHODOLOGY OF DATA COLLECTION

7. ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF A LEEK-CELERY INTERCROPPING SYSTEM USING MECHANISTIC AND DESCRIPTIVE MODELS

D.T. Baumann | L. Bastiaans | M.J. Kropff

8. ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM ANALYSIS FOR HORTICULTURAL CROP PRODUCTION

H. Mempel | J. Meyer

9. SUSTAINABLE VEGETABLE PRODUCTION: EFFECTS OF CROPPING SYSTEMS ON WEED AND INSECT POPULATION DYNAMICS

M. Ngouajio | M.E. McGiffen

10. FIRST YEAR RESULTS OF THE IMPACT OF A NOVEL PEST MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY ON APPLE FRUIT QUALITY

M.E. Garcia | L.P. Berkett | T. Bradshaw

11. VERBENA CULTIVARS DIFFERENTIALLY ATTRACT ADULT WESTERN FLOWER THRIPS

D.F. Warnock | R. Loughner

12. REDUCED TILLAGE PRODUCTION SYSTEM ALTERNATIVES FOR PROCESSING TOMATOES AND COTTON IN CALIFORNIA´S SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY

13. ROLE AND STATUS OF PLANTAIN IN AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS OF SOUTH WEST CAMEROON: WHICH PATHWAYS TO PRODUCTIVE AND SUSTAINABLE SYSTEM?

J. Ganry | E. Archard | E. Malézieux | P. Robin

14. DEGRADABLE MULCH AS AN ALTERNATIVE FOR WEED CONTROL IN LETTUCE PRODUCED ON ORGANIC SOILS

S. Jenni | D. Brault | K.A. Stewart

15. NON-CHEMICAL INSECT AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT IN CUCURBIT PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

C.G. Summers | J.P. Mitchell | J.J. Stapleton

16. WOOD CHIPPING ALMOND BRUSH AND ITS EFFECT ON THE ALMOND RHIZOSPHERE, SOIL AGGREGATION AND SOIL NUTRIENTS

B.A. Holtz | M.V. McKenry | T.C. Caesar-TonThat

17. ENHANCED PEST MANAGEMENT WITH COVER CROP MULCHES

J.R. Teasdale | A.A. Abdul-Baki | D.J. Mill | K.W. Thorpe

18. DECREASE OF NITROGEN FERTILIZER APPLICATION IN TOMATO PRODUCTION IN NO-TILLED FIELD WITH HAIRY VETCH MULCH

H. Araki | M. Ito

19. EFFECT OF NO-TILLAGE AND RYE MULCH ON OCCURRENCE OF WEEDS AND APHIDS AND ON YIELDS OF CABBAGE, CARROT AND RED BEET

A. Borowy

20. SHEEP MANURE IMPROVES THE NUTRIENT RETENTION CAPACITY OF APPLE ORCHARD SOILS

S. Dong | H. Shu

21. DISTRIBUTION OF MYCLOBUTANIL FUNGICIDE SENSITIVITIES AMONG POPULATIONS OF VENTURIA INAEQUALIS, THE CAUSAL AGENT OF APPLE SCAB, IN ONTARIO

D. Errampalli

22. EVALUATION OF LIMITED TILLAGE AND COVER CROP SYSTEMS TO REDUCE N USE AND DISEASE POPULATION IN SMALL ACREAGE VEGETABLE FARMS MIRROR IMAGE PROJECTS IN URUGUAY AND NORTH CAROLINA, USA

23. COMPARISON OF ORGANIC AND INORGANIC MULCHES FOR HEIRLOOM TOMATO PRODUCTION

E.M. Grassbaugh | E.E. Regnier | M.A. Bennett

24. LONG TERM LARGE SCALE SOIL SOLARIZATION AS A LOW-INPUT PRODUCTION SYSTEM FOR FLORIDA VEGETABLES

M. Ozores-Hampton | R. McSorley | P.A. Stansly | N.E. Roe | D.O. Chellemi

25. COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT MULCHING METHODS FOR WEED CONTROL IN ORGANIC GREEN BEAN AND TOMATO

L. Radics | E. Szné Bognár

26. SOLARIZATION EFFECTS ON WEED POPULATIONS IN WARM CLIMATES

N. Roe | M. Ozores-Hampton | P.A. Stansly

27. WEED CONTROL IN NO-TILLAGE ZUCCHINI SQUASH PRODUCTION

S.A. Walters | B.G. Young | J.D. Kindhart

28. THE EFFECTS OF LIVING MULCHES ON YIELD, OVERWINTERING AND BIOLOGICAL VALUE OF LEEK

E. Kolota | K. Adamczewska-Sowinska

29. NO-TILL VEGETABLE PRODUCTION USING ORGANIC MULCHES

G.S. Rogers | S.A. Little | S.J. Silcock | L.F. Williams

30. ASSESSING THE POTENTIAL PHYTOTOXICITY OF DIGESTATES DURING PROCESSING OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE BY ANAEROBIC DIGESTION: COMPARISON TO AEROBIC COMPOSTS

K.L. McLachlan | C. Chong | R.P. Voroney | H.W. Liu | B.E. Holbein

31. IRRIGATION AND FERTILIZATION FOR MINIMAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

T.H. Yeager | R.W. Henley

32. COOL SEASON CROP PRODUCTION TRENDS: A POSSIBLE SIGNAL FOR GLOBAL WARMING

A.W. McKeown | J. Warland | M.R. McDonald | C.M. Hutchinson

33. SOIL ORGANIC AMENDMENTS CHANGE LOW ORGANIC MATTER AGROECOSYSTEMS

M.E. McGiffen | I. Lebron | M. Ngouajio | C.M. Hutchinson

34. IRRIGATION AND PRUNING AFFECT GROWTH WATER USE EFFICIENCY OF TWO DESERT-ADAPTED SHRUBS

L.B. Stabler | C.A. Martin

35. NON-NUTRIENT HEAVY METALS IN TOMATO PLANTS CULTIVATED IN SOIL AMENDED WITH BIOSOLID AND SUGAR-CANE BAGASSE COMPOST¹

A.A.D. Cintra | M.D. Revoredo | W.J. Melo | L.T. Braz

36. COMPARISON OF EFFECTS BETWEEN FOLIAR AND SOIL N APPLICATIONS ON SOIL N AND GROWTH OF YOUNG GALA/M9 APPLE TREES

S. Dong | D. Neilsen | G.H. Neilsen | L. Cheng | L.H. Fuchigami

37. IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON CROP WATER DEMAND IN THE OKANAGAN VALLEY, B.C., CANADA

D. Neilsen | C.A.S Smith | G. Frank | W.O. Koch | P. Parchomchuk

S. Mohandas | M.J. Chandre Gowda | M. Manamohan

39. ALMOND WASTE: A NEW ECOLOGY-FRIENDLY ALTERNATIVE SUBSTRATE IN TOMATO CULTURE

M. Urrestarazu | M.C. Salas | A. Matarín | G. Martínez | M.L. Segura

40. GROWTH STIMULATORY SUBSTANCES FOR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI IN COMPOSTED ORGANIC MATTER

T. Ishii | H. Kitabayashi | M. Nakano | H. Motosugi | M. Kuramoto

41. BIOMASS ACCUMULATION AND PARTITIONING OF EASTERN GAMAGRASS GROWN UNDER DIFFERENT TEMPERATURE AND CO₂ LEVELS

D.T. Krizek | D.C. Gitz | V.R. Reddy | J.C. Ritchie

42. USE OF SOIL-APPLIED CALCIUM CHLORIDE TO REDUCE FIRE BLIGHT AND BROWN SPOT SUSCEPTIBILITY OF PEAR

43. ORGANIC APPLE AND GRAPE PERFORMANCE IN THE MIDWESTERN U.S.

K. Delate | H. Friedrich

44. ECOLOGICAL APPLE PRODUCTION: A COMPARISON OF ORGANIC AND INTEGRATED APPLE-GROWING

45. ORGANIC FRUIT PRODUCTION IN HUMID CLIMATES OF EUROPE: BOTTLENECKS AND NEW APPROACHES IN DISEASE AND PEST CONTROL

L. Tamm | A. Häseli | J.G. Fuchs | F.P. Weibel | E. Wyss

46. EVALUATION OF CONTROLS FOR FLEA BEETLE ON EGGPLANT IN AN ORGANIC PRODUCTION SYSTEM

M. Maletta | W. Tietjen | G. Ghidiu | K. Holmstrom | W. Cowgill

47. USE OF ORGANIC APPLICATIONS TO INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY OF HIGH DENSITY APPLE ORCHARDS

G.H. Neilsen | E.J. Hogue | D. Neilsen | T. Forge

48. RESEARCH NETWORKING TO EVALUATE THE SUSTAINABILITY OF HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

P.K. Andrews | J.P. Reganold

49. RESEARCH DIRECTIONS FOR ORGANIC TREE FRUIT PRODUCTION IN NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA

D. Granatstein

50. PRESENT STATUS OF ORGANIC FRUIT GROWING IN EUROPE

F.P. Weibel | A. Häseli | O. Schmid | H. Willer

51. CURRENT SITUATION AND FUTURE CHALLENGES FACING THE PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF ORGANIC FRUIT IN OCEANIA

S.J. McArtney | J.T.S. Walker

52. THE GLOBALIZATION OF AGRICULTURE: IMPLICATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY OF SMALL HORTICULTURAL FARMS

J.E. Ikerd

53. ECONOMICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF INTEGRATED FRUIT PRODUCTION IN BELGIUM

D. Van Lierde | A. Van den Bossche

54. LOW PRODUCTION COST ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMS ARE THE AVENUE FOR FUTURE SUSTAINABILITY OF VEGETABLE GROWERS IN THE U.S

55. SUSTAINABILITY IN HORTICULTURAL CHAINS

K.J. Kramer

56. EXPECTATIONS, PROJECT APPRAISAL AND FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY IN PROTECTED HORTICULTURE: NEW MODELS FOR DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS

C.R. García

57. CONSTRAINTS AND SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS FOR ADOPTION OF TC BANANA TECHNOLOGY AND MARKETING

E.M. Kahangi | A.M. Muthee | B.K. Chege

58. CONVERTING SMALL HOLDER VEGETABLE FARMS TO SUSTAINABLE¹ PRODUCTION IN TROPICAL HIGH ANDEAN CONDITIONS

R.A. Lee

59. EVALUATION OF YOUNG FRUIT TREE PERFORMANCE IN HILLSIDE TRIALS IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

L.B. Roberts-Nkrumah

60. DEVELOPMENT OF AN OBJECT-ORIENTED FRAMEWORK FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN HORTICULTURE

H. Bauersachs | H. Mempel | J. Meyer

61. COSTS OF CONVENTIONAL VERSUS LOW INPUT PEACH PRODUCTION IN THE EASTERN UNITED STATES

R.G. Brumfield | L.S. Martin | D. Polk | G. Hamilton

62. AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES TO USE OF METHYL BROMIDE FOR GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES (TOMATOES, CUCUMBERS) AND CUT FLOWERS (CARNATION)

F. Akkaya | A. Ozturk | A. Deviren | A. Ozcelik | B. Ozkan

63. ORGANIC SYSTEMS OF APPLE PRODUCTION BRING NEW HORIZONS TO TRADITIONAL CROP PHYSIOLOGY

J.W. Palmer | N. Wünsche

64. DELAYED SENESCENCE AND DISEASE TOLERANCE OF TOMATO PLANTS CULTIVATED IN COVER CROP MULCH CORRELATES WITH ACCUMULATION OF SPECIFIC GENE PRODUCTS

V. Kumar | D.J. Mills | J.D. Anderson | A.K. Mattoo

65. BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF MYLLOCERUS SUBASCIATUS GUERIN INFESTING BRINJAL (SOLANUM MELONGENA L.) USING BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SSP.TENEBRIONIS

S. Mohandas | Y. Saravanan | K. Manjunath