Reduction in weed infestation through integrated depletion of the weed seed bank in a rice-wheat cropping system

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第一作者： Zhang, Zheng

作者： Zhang, Zheng;Li, Ruhai;Zhao, Can;Qiang, Sheng;Li, Ruhai

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关键词： Weed communities; Soil seed bank dynamics; Chemical weed control; Ecological management; Integrated weed management; Crop yield; Quantitative analysis

期刊名称：AGRONOMY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT （ 影响因子：5.832； 五年影响因子：9.354 ）

ISSN： 1774-0746

年卷期： 2021 年 41 卷 1 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Chemical-dependent weed control has led to the evolution of herbicide-resistant weeds and pollution of arable land and water systems, posing a great threat to food security and environmental safety. For the first time, we developed a simple weed management regime to ecologically deplete the weed seed bank under a wheat-rice cropping system, which in turn allowed a reduction in the frequency of conventional herbicide applications while sustainably reducing weed infestation levels. The key ecological methods adopted here involve cleaning irrigation water by intercepting seeds at the water entrance and exit and removing floating weed seeds with a net during irrigation before rice planting, which significantly reduced the input of weed seeds into the seed bank. Quantitative analysis of the weed seed bank and population dynamics showed that implementation of this management regime consecutively for 6 years reduced the density of the total weed seed bank by 51% and the dominant grassy weed population density by 53% compared to those at the beginning. The effect of this ecologically sound weed control regime was comparable to that of conventional dual- or triple-application herbicide chemical control in each crop growing season. The results indicated that, compared with the conventional control method, the integrated weed management method could reduce the number of herbicide applications by half and reduce costs and labor by 30%. Furthermore, quantitative modeling analysis of the seed bank and population dynamics of the dominant weed species, Alopecurus japonicus, showed that continuous adoption of this ecological strategy could deplete the seed bank by more than 90%, thereby freeing the fields of the presence of this noxious weed.

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