Management of superficial straw associate with strategy of physical improvement of the soil in the emergence of weeds

Abstract

The objective of this work was to qualify the improvement of the physical properties of the soil and the reduction of weeds by combining the management of the superficial cover associated with a strategy of physical improvement soil in the drilling, seeking the maintenance of the no-tillage system. The experiment was carried out in the 2015/16 and 2017/18 harvests, using a randomized block design in a two-factorial scheme (3 2) with three managements of the ground cover (chopped, rolled and natural) and two depths of planter’s shank (7 and 12 cm). Counts and identification of weeds emerged in the row and between the lines of the soybean crop at 20 and 40 days after emergence, bulk density, mechanical resistance of the soil to penetration and total soil porosity in the flowering of the soybean culture were measured. The management of the straw cover combined with the depth of action of the planter shank influenced the emergence of weeds, as well as, the increase in the depth of the furrow improvement of the physical environment of the soil in the sowing line, reducing penetration resistance, bulk density and increasing total porosity.