A.P. Gokul and T. Uma Maheswari
Abstract
Since they compete with crops and impede output, weeds pose a severe danger to agriculture. This study therefore sought to evaluate the use of agricultural green waste along with solarization for weed control. There were three replications and ten treatment combinations in a factorial randomized block design. The two components of the treatments are solarization (with and without) and five types of green agricultural wastes. Increased weed biomass, weed population, and weed control index were seen in non-solarized soil. Weed population, biomass, and weed control index decreased in solarized plots containing cruciferous waste and Allium sp. As a result, bio solarization decreased the number of weeds in soils, particularly in those that were paired with agricultural green waste.