Abstract
A field experiment was run in two years to evaluate five organic materials as the potential alternatives for the use of the herbicides to lessen the weed infestation in tomato production. The application rate of corn residues + sawdust (CRSD), rice straw + sawdust (RSSD), wheat straw + sawdust (WSSD), barley straw + sawdust (BSSD), and shredded date palm leaves + sawdust (SDPLSD) as the mulch materials were 8.5, 9.8, 9.3, 9.4, and 8.8 t ha−1, respectively. Based on the results, SDPLSD represented the lowest weed dry matter by 79.1 g m−2, which was followed by metribuzin, metribuzin + rimsulfuron, WSSD, and BSSD, with recording 114.9, 120.0, 122.6, and 137.0 g m−2 of weed dry mass, respectively, in 2016. Moreover, SDPLSD indicated the highest level of weed control efficacy (WCE) by 82.7% in 2017. The most total marketable yield (TMY) was observed in the covered plots with SDPLSD, which was 62.1 and 61.9 t ha−1 in 2016 and 2017, respectively. Overall, SDPLSD could be a rational alternative for herbicide options because of its performance in controlling weed invasion as well as enhancing TMY.
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