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Fall and spring broccoli yields and weed control under no-till and conventional tillage with overseeded legume living mulches

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dc.contributor.authorInfante, Michelle Louiseen
dc.contributor.committeechairMorse, Ronald D.en
dc.contributor.committeememberO'Dell, Charles R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberWhite, Harlan E.en
dc.contributor.departmentHorticultureen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:35:24Zen
dc.date.adate2009-05-02en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:35:24Zen
dc.date.issued1994-11-21en
dc.date.rdate2009-05-02en
dc.date.sdate2009-05-02en
dc.description.abstractExperiments were conducted with 'BigSur' broccoli (<i>Brassica oleracea</i> var. <i>italica</i> Plenck) at two sites in fall of 1993 and at two sites in the spring of 1994 on a Hayter loam in southwestern Virginia. Objectives were to determine the tillage main-plot (CT = conventional tillage, and NT = no-tillage) and weed-control subplot (C = no overseeding or preemergent herbicide; HB = oxyfluorfen; RC = red clover (<i>Trifolium pratense</i> L.); WC = Dutch white clover (<i>Trifolium repens</i> L.); and HV = hairy vetch (<i>Vicia villosa</i> Roth) effects on broccoli yield and weed suppression. At all sites, marketable broccoli yield was equal or higher in NT than CT and was unaffected by overseeded legume living mulches. Overseeded legumes suppressed weeds as well as the HB in three of the four sites. These data show that the NT systems used in these experiments can suppress weeds and produce high broccoli yields and that overseeded legume living mulches can be effectively established after transplanting to suppress weeds without reducing broccoli yield.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentvi, 48 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05022009-040803en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05022009-040803/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/42429en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1994.I543.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 32228554en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1994.I543en
dc.subject.lcshBroccoli -- Weed controlen
dc.subject.lcshBroccoli -- Yieldsen
dc.subject.lcshMulchingen
dc.subject.lcshNo-tillageen
dc.titleFall and spring broccoli yields and weed control under no-till and conventional tillage with overseeded legume living mulchesen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineHorticultureen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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