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Nutrition, productivity and soil chemical properties in an apple orchard under weed management

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Weed management in orchard may affect apple tree nutritional status and yield, N flow and other soil chemical properties. This study evaluated apple tree nutritional status and yield, N flow in soil and soil chemical properties in an apple orchard under different weed managements. The experiment was started in October 2011 in an apple orchard established in 2008, on 80 plants submitted to the following treatments: no weed management, weed desiccation in rows, weed mowing in rows and weed mowing in rows and inter-rows. In 2011/2012, 2012/2013, and 2013/2014 crop seasons, stem diameter, number of fruits per plant and yield were measured, and nutrient leaf concentrations were quantified. In 2012/2013 and 2013/2014 crop seasons, soil samples were collected from 0 to 0.20 m layers, in order to quantify NH4 +–N and NO3 −–N. In September 2013, 24 months after beginning of the experiment, stratified soil samples were collected in the 0–0.025, 0.025–0.05, 0.05–0.10, 0.10–0.15, 0.15–0.20 and 0.20–0.40 m layers. Soil total organic carbon, pH, available P and exchangeable K, Ca, and Mg were measured. The weed management methods did not affect apple tree yield and growth and they had a small effect on nutrient concentrations in leaves and in soil. Row and inter-row weed management had little or no effect on competition with apple trees for water and nutrients. The weed management can be dispensed during the production cycle, reducing soil erosion, N losses and the use of herbicides.

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  1. Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil

    Bruno Salvador Oliveira, Talita Trapp, Matheus Ademir dos Santos & Paula Beatriz Sete

  2. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

    Vítor Gabriel Ambrosini

  3. Rural Engineering Department, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil

    Paulo Emilio Lovato, Arcângelo Loss, Jucinei José Comin & Cledimar Rogério Lourenzi

  4. Federal University of Santa maria, Santa Maria, Brazil

    Rafael da Rosa Couto

  5. Department of the Agricultural Science, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Moreno Toselli

  6. Department of Soil Science, Federal University of Santa maria, Santa Maria, Brazil

    Gustavo Brunetto

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Oliveira, B.S., Ambrosini, V.G., Trapp, T. et al. Nutrition, productivity and soil chemical properties in an apple orchard under weed management. Nutr Cycl Agroecosyst 104, 247–258 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10705-016-9769-y

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