Paper · 2011 · HortScience

Rotation with Cover Crops Suppresses Weeds and Increases Plant Density and Yield of Strawberry

Dennis N. Portz; Gail R. Nonnecke

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Abstract

Yield of strawberry grown continuously on the same site often declines over time as a result of proliferation of weed seeds and pathogenic organisms in the soil. Plots were established and maintained in seven different cover crops and as continuous strawberry or continuous tillage for 10 years (1996 to 2005) in a site that was previously in strawberry production for 10 years (1986 to 1995). Cover crops included blackeyed Susan ( Rudbeckia hirta L.), sorghum Sudangrass [ Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench], marigold ( Tagetes erecta L.), big bluestem ( Andropogon gerardii Vitman), perennial ryegrass ( Lolium perenne L.), switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum L.), and Indiangrass [ Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash]. Treatments were ended in 2005 and plots were planted with ‘Honeoye’ strawberry in a matted row. Effectiveness of soil pretreatments in reducing weed populations and enhancing strawberry production was evaluated for four growing seasons by quantifying weed growth by type and biomass and strawberry plant density and yield. The results indicate that matted-row strawberry production plots that were either in continuous tillage or established in S. bicolor , P. virgatum , or A. gerardii before planting strawberry had lower weed biomass and greater strawberry plant establishment and yield than plots established in L. perenne or R. hirta or that had supported continuous strawberry production.

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Claims 12

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

continuous tillage preceding strawberry had lower weed biomass than ryegrass, blackeyed Susan or continuous strawberry.

Taxon
strawberryFragaria ×ananassae0
Treatment
continuous tillagee0
Interactor
weede0weed
Outcome
weed biomasse0
Direction
lowere0
Comparator
L. perenne or R. hirta or that had supported continuous strawberry productione0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Fragaria x ananassa
Fragaria ×ananassa · TaxonIvar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“matted-row strawberry production plots that were either in continuous tillage or established in S. bicolor , P. virgatum , or A. gerardii before planting strawberry had lower weed biomass and greater strawberry plant establishment and yield than plots established in L. perenne or R. hirta or that had supported continuous strawberry production”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

continuous tillage preceding strawberry had greater strawberry plant establishment than ryegrass, blackeyed Susan or continuous strawberry.

Taxon
strawberryFragaria ×ananassae0
Treatment
continuous tillagee0
Interactor
weede0weed
Outcome
strawberry plant establishmente0
Direction
greatere0
Comparator
L. perenne or R. hirta or that had supported continuous strawberry productione0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Fragaria x ananassa
Fragaria ×ananassa · TaxonIvar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“matted-row strawberry production plots that were either in continuous tillage or established in S. bicolor , P. virgatum , or A. gerardii before planting strawberry had lower weed biomass and greater strawberry plant establishment and yield than plots established in L. perenne or R. hirta or that had supported continuous strawberry production”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

continuous tillage preceding strawberry had greater yield than ryegrass, blackeyed Susan or continuous strawberry.

Taxon
strawberryFragaria ×ananassae0
Treatment
continuous tillagee0
Interactor
weede0weed
Outcome
yielde0
Direction
greatere0
Comparator
L. perenne or R. hirta or that had supported continuous strawberry productione0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Fragaria x ananassa
Fragaria ×ananassa · TaxonIvar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“matted-row strawberry production plots that were either in continuous tillage or established in S. bicolor , P. virgatum , or A. gerardii before planting strawberry had lower weed biomass and greater strawberry plant establishment and yield than plots established in L. perenne or R. hirta or that had supported continuous strawberry production”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

S. bicolor preceding strawberry had lower weed biomass than ryegrass, blackeyed Susan or continuous strawberry.

Taxon
strawberryFragaria ×ananassae0
Treatment
S. bicolore0
Interactor
weede0weed
Outcome
weed biomasse0
Direction
lowere0
Comparator
L. perenne or R. hirta or that had supported continuous strawberry productione0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Fragaria x ananassa
Fragaria ×ananassa · TaxonIvar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“matted-row strawberry production plots that were either in continuous tillage or established in S. bicolor , P. virgatum , or A. gerardii before planting strawberry had lower weed biomass and greater strawberry plant establishment and yield than plots established in L. perenne or R. hirta or that had supported continuous strawberry production”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1055–1399 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

S. bicolor preceding strawberry had greater strawberry plant establishment than ryegrass, blackeyed Susan or continuous strawberry.

Taxon
strawberryFragaria ×ananassae0
Treatment
S. bicolore0
Interactor
weede0weed
Outcome
strawberry plant establishmente0
Direction
greatere0
Comparator
L. perenne or R. hirta or that had supported continuous strawberry productione0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Fragaria x ananassa
Fragaria ×ananassa · TaxonIvar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“matted-row strawberry production plots that were either in continuous tillage or established in S. bicolor , P. virgatum , or A. gerardii before planting strawberry had lower weed biomass and greater strawberry plant establishment and yield than plots established in L. perenne or R. hirta or that had supported continuous strawberry production”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1055–1399 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

S. bicolor preceding strawberry had greater yield than ryegrass, blackeyed Susan or continuous strawberry.

Taxon
strawberryFragaria ×ananassae0
Treatment
S. bicolore0
Interactor
weede0weed
Outcome
yielde0
Direction
greatere0
Comparator
L. perenne or R. hirta or that had supported continuous strawberry productione0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Fragaria x ananassa
Fragaria ×ananassa · TaxonIvar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“matted-row strawberry production plots that were either in continuous tillage or established in S. bicolor , P. virgatum , or A. gerardii before planting strawberry had lower weed biomass and greater strawberry plant establishment and yield than plots established in L. perenne or R. hirta or that had supported continuous strawberry production”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1055–1399 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

P. virgatum preceding strawberry had lower weed biomass than ryegrass, blackeyed Susan or continuous strawberry.

Taxon
strawberryFragaria ×ananassae0
Treatment
P. virgatume0
Interactor
weede0weed
Outcome
weed biomasse0
Direction
lowere0
Comparator
L. perenne or R. hirta or that had supported continuous strawberry productione0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Fragaria x ananassa
Fragaria ×ananassa · TaxonIvar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“matted-row strawberry production plots that were either in continuous tillage or established in S. bicolor , P. virgatum , or A. gerardii before planting strawberry had lower weed biomass and greater strawberry plant establishment and yield than plots established in L. perenne or R. hirta or that had supported continuous strawberry production”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1055–1399 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

P. virgatum preceding strawberry had greater strawberry plant establishment than ryegrass, blackeyed Susan or continuous strawberry.

Taxon
strawberryFragaria ×ananassae0
Treatment
P. virgatume0
Interactor
weede0weed
Outcome
strawberry plant establishmente0
Direction
greatere0
Comparator
L. perenne or R. hirta or that had supported continuous strawberry productione0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Fragaria x ananassa
Fragaria ×ananassa · TaxonIvar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“matted-row strawberry production plots that were either in continuous tillage or established in S. bicolor , P. virgatum , or A. gerardii before planting strawberry had lower weed biomass and greater strawberry plant establishment and yield than plots established in L. perenne or R. hirta or that had supported continuous strawberry production”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1055–1399 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

P. virgatum preceding strawberry had greater yield than ryegrass, blackeyed Susan or continuous strawberry.

Taxon
strawberryFragaria ×ananassae0
Treatment
P. virgatume0
Interactor
weede0weed
Outcome
yielde0
Direction
greatere0
Comparator
L. perenne or R. hirta or that had supported continuous strawberry productione0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Fragaria x ananassa
Fragaria ×ananassa · TaxonIvar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“matted-row strawberry production plots that were either in continuous tillage or established in S. bicolor , P. virgatum , or A. gerardii before planting strawberry had lower weed biomass and greater strawberry plant establishment and yield than plots established in L. perenne or R. hirta or that had supported continuous strawberry production”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1055–1399 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

A. gerardii preceding strawberry had lower weed biomass than ryegrass, blackeyed Susan or continuous strawberry.

Taxon
strawberryFragaria ×ananassae0
Treatment
A. gerardiie0
Interactor
weede0weed
Outcome
weed biomasse0
Direction
lowere0
Comparator
L. perenne or R. hirta or that had supported continuous strawberry productione0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Fragaria x ananassa
Fragaria ×ananassa · TaxonIvar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“matted-row strawberry production plots that were either in continuous tillage or established in S. bicolor , P. virgatum , or A. gerardii before planting strawberry had lower weed biomass and greater strawberry plant establishment and yield than plots established in L. perenne or R. hirta or that had supported continuous strawberry production”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1055–1399 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

A. gerardii preceding strawberry had greater strawberry plant establishment than ryegrass, blackeyed Susan or continuous strawberry.

Taxon
strawberryFragaria ×ananassae0
Treatment
A. gerardiie0
Interactor
weede0weed
Outcome
strawberry plant establishmente0
Direction
greatere0
Comparator
L. perenne or R. hirta or that had supported continuous strawberry productione0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Fragaria x ananassa
Fragaria ×ananassa · TaxonIvar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“matted-row strawberry production plots that were either in continuous tillage or established in S. bicolor , P. virgatum , or A. gerardii before planting strawberry had lower weed biomass and greater strawberry plant establishment and yield than plots established in L. perenne or R. hirta or that had supported continuous strawberry production”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1055–1399 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

A. gerardii preceding strawberry had greater yield than ryegrass, blackeyed Susan or continuous strawberry.

Taxon
strawberryFragaria ×ananassae0
Treatment
A. gerardiie0
Interactor
weede0weed
Outcome
yielde0
Direction
greatere0
Comparator
L. perenne or R. hirta or that had supported continuous strawberry productione0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Fragaria x ananassa
Fragaria ×ananassa · TaxonIvar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“matted-row strawberry production plots that were either in continuous tillage or established in S. bicolor , P. virgatum , or A. gerardii before planting strawberry had lower weed biomass and greater strawberry plant establishment and yield than plots established in L. perenne or R. hirta or that had supported continuous strawberry production”

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