Weed Control Assessment of Various Carbon Sources for Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation
2020
Liu, Danyang | Samtani, Jayesh B. | Johnson, Charles S. | Butler, David M. | Derr, Jeffrey
Greenhouse trials were conducted to evaluate the effect of several locally available carbon (C) sources on weed suppression using anaerobic soil disinfestation (ASD). Carbon sources included rice bran, sorghum-sudangrass, cowpea, buckwheat, paper mulch, brewer`s spent grain, waste coffee grounds, and peanut shells applied at 4 mg of C/g of soil. All trials were conducted in containers of 0.2-m height and 0.15-m diameter. The germination of common chickweed, redroot pigweed, white clover, and yellow nutsedge was reduced similarly with all C sources used for ASD. The addition of distiller’s yeast at 10 kg/ha to C sources at 4 mg of C/g of soil provided similar or better weed control than ASD treatments with C sources alone. ASD treatments in all trials reduced weed viability from 50% to 100% compared to the non-treated control. Redox potential in all ASD treatments during the 3-week treatment was lower (more anaerobic) than the non-treated control.
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