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The effect of cover crops on the yield of carrot (Daucus carota L.) in ploughless and conventional tillage

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  • Marzena Błażewicz-Woźniak

    (Department of Cultivation and Fertilization of Plants,)

  • Dariusz Wach

    (Department of Cultivation and Fertilization of Plants,)

  • Elżbieta Patkowska

    (Department of Plant Protection, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Lublin, Poland)

  • Mirosław Konopiński

    (Department of Cultivation and Fertilization of Plants,)

Abstract

The experimental design included seven cover crop species and six kinds of soil tillage in the field cultivation of carrot. The use of cover crops had a positive impact on the yield of marketable roots of carrot in comparison with the cultivation without the cover crops. A significant increase of marketable yield was noted after phacelia, buckwheat, mustard and sunflower. The flat ploughless tillage significantly reduced the marketable yield of roots in comparison with traditional ploughing. The largest marketable yield of roots was obtained from cultivation on ridges after mixing the biomass of buckwheat or phacelia or mustard with the soil, and the smallest, after reduced spring tillage using aggregate without cover crops. The largest marketable yield in flat ploughless tillage was obtained when using grubber before winter, and the biomass of phacelia was mixed with soil. Growing carrot on the ridges had a positive influence on increasing the share of the marketable yield of roots in comparison with other variants of cultivation including the conventional tillage. The all cover crops with the exception of spring vetch significantly increased the share of marketable roots in the yield compared with cultivation without cover crops. The largest percentage of the marketable yield was noted after use of phacelia.

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  • Marzena Błażewicz-Woźniak & Dariusz Wach & Elżbieta Patkowska & Mirosław Konopiński, 2019. "The effect of cover crops on the yield of carrot (Daucus carota L.) in ploughless and conventional tillage," Horticultural Science, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 46(2), pages 57-64.
    • Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlhor:v:46:y:2019:i:2:id:61-2017-hortsci
    DOI: 10.17221/61/2017-HORTSCI
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    1. E. Patkowska & M. Błażewicz-Woźniak & M. Konopiński & D. Wach, 2016. "The effect of cover crops on the fungal and bacterial communities in the soil under carrot cultivation," Plant, Soil and Environment, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 62(5), pages 237-242.
    2. E. Patkowska & M. Błażewicz-Woźniak & M. Konopiński, 2015. "Antagonistic activity of selected fungi occurring in the soil after root chicory cultivation," Plant, Soil and Environment, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 61(2), pages 55-59.
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