Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 4924: Nutrients Supplementation through Organic Manures Influence the Growth of Weeds and Maize Productivity

Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 4924: Nutrients Supplementation through Organic Manures Influence the Growth of Weeds and Maize Productivity Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25214924 Authors: Dibakar Ghosh Koushik Brahmachari Milan Skalicky Akbar Hossain Sukamal Sarkar Nirmal Kumar Dinda Anupam Das Biswajit Pramanick Debojyoti Moulick Marian Brestic Muhammad Ali Raza Celaleddin Barutcular Shah Fahad Hirofumi Saneoka Ayman EL Sabagh Declining rate of productivity and environmental sustainability is forcing growers to use organic manures as a source of nutrient supplement in maize farming. However, weed is a major constraint to maize production. A field study was carried out over two seasons to evaluate various integrated nutrient and weed management practices in hybrid maize. The treatment combinations comprised of supplementation of inorganic fertilizer (25% nitrogen) through bulky (Farmyard manure and vermicompost) and concentrated (Brassicaceous seed meal (BSM) and neem cake (NC)) organic manures and different mode of weed management practices like chemical (atrazine 1000 g ha−1) and integrated approach (atrazine 1000 g ha−1 followed by mechanical weeding).Repeated supplementation of nitrogen through concentrated organic manures reduced the density and biomass accumulation of most dominant weed species, Anagalis arvensis by releasing allelochemicals into the soil. But organic manures had no significant impact on restr...
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