Professional paper

Principles of integrated weed management in strawberry

Zvonimir Ostojić orcid.org/0000-0002-1341-8954 ; Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Agronomski fakultet
Klara Barić orcid.org/0000-0002-1341-8954 ; Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Agronomski fakultet
Maja Šćepanović orcid.org/0000-0003-4661-5417 ; Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Agronomski fakultet

Abstract

Weed control is one of the greatest challenges facing strawberry growers. Since strawberry plants are relatively shallow rooted, relatively slow growing and are poor competitors, weeds quickly invade and establish bare areas. Weeds can be a source of disease, provide a shelter for insect pests, make harvesting difficult, reduce both yield (up to 40 percent or more) and fruit quality. Strawberry fields are kept in production for several years and weed populations change from annuals and perennials in the following years. A good weed management strategy that integrates preventive cultural (crop rotation, site selection, cultivar selection, plant density, cover crops, soil fertility, mulches), mechanical (tillage, hand-weeding, hand -pulling) and chemical control methods is required to control weeds over the life of the strawberry planting.

Keywords

strawberry; weeds; integrated management

Hrčak ID:

169493

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/169493

Publication date:

1.9.2015.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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