Influence of cover crops with allelopathic potential and their reduction of herbicide use for soybean productivity.

The allelophaty expressed by soil cover crops over weed varies according to species, quality and quantity of material produced. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the potential of cover crops and in the management of weeds and their effects on soybean yield. The experiment was laid in tri-factorial randomized block design with four replication. Factor A was cover crops (oats, forage chicory, quinoa and fallow), factor B was application of paraquat 400 g i.a ha-1, glyphosate 1200 g i.a ha-1 and mowing and factor C was one and two applications of post-emergent herbicide (glyphosate). For cover crops, the percentage of soil cover was evaluated at 53 DAE (days after emergence) of soybean. Weed species and their densities at 53 DAE of soybean were identified. At the end of the experiment, soybean yield was evaluated. The data were analyzed by the F test and comparison between means by the Tukey test (P ≤ 0.05). Oats are the best option for weed inhibition and early soybean development. Quinoa and forage chicory were slow to cover the soil, but weed inhibition occurred. There were no large variations in post-emergence herbicide applications, which made possible to reduce an application without compromising the expected result.

Alelopatia de acículas de Pinus taeda na germinação e no desenvolvimento de plântulas de Avena strigosa / Allelopathic of Pinus taeda needles on the germination and development of Avena strigosa seedlings

O trabalho teve por objetivo caracterizar o efeito alelopático do extrato aquoso de acículas de Pinus taeda na germinação e no desenvolvimento inicial de plântulas de aveia preta comum (Avena strigosa). O experimento foi conduzido no Laboratório de Bioquímica e Fisiologia Vegetal da Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR), Campus de Pato Branco, utilizando o delineamento inteiramente casualizado, com tratamento fatorial (bifatorial com parcela subdividida no tempo), com três repetições, sob condições de temperatura, umidade e luminosidade controladas. Os tratamentos foram compostos por cinco concentrações (0, 25, 50, 75 e 100 por cento) de extrato bruto de acículas de pínus em estágio vegetativo (acícula verde), moderadamente decomposto (acícula seca) e em decomposição avançada (acícula decomposta). As avaliações foram realizadas a cada 24 horas. Foram avaliados os parâmetros porcentagem de germinação, velocidade média de germinação e comprimento de radículas e epicótilos das plântulas de Avena strigosa. O estágio de acícula verde afetou significativamente as variáveis avaliadas e esse problema aumentou com a concentração do extrato.

The purpose of this study was to verify the allelopathic effect of aqueous extract from the Pinus taeda needles on the germination and development of black oat (Avena strigosa) seedlings. The work was carried out at the Plant Physiology and Biochemistry Laboratory at the Federal Technological University of Paraná (UTFPR), Campus Pato Branco, using a completely randomized design with factorial distribution in three replicates, under temperature, humidity and light controlled conditions. The extract from the pine needles was composed of five percentages (0, 25, 50, 75 and 100 percent) from the crude extract (EB) dilution, composed of distilled water + pine needles in vegetative stage (green needles), moderately decomposed (dry needles) and in advanced decomposition (decomposed needles). The germination percentage, average speed of germination, the length of the primary roots and the length from the seedlings roots of Avena strigosa were evaluated. The stage of green needles affected the variables studied and showed linearly effect with the increasing concentration of the crude extract.