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Mulching and Weed Management Towards Sustainability

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Mulching is a very effective technology for conservation of soil moisture as well it adds nutrient through decomposition which helps to increase the productivity of the crops. Initiation of planting process tends to be successful due to maintenance, management of weed as well as their monitoring. Weed control is known to favor survival and plant growth by suppressing competition for water, nutrients, light, and space. Many weed control strategies (manual, mechanical, chemical, etc.) have been adopted. However, weed control using mulching has occupied a particular role among weed control methods used until now not only due to the effectiveness of this technique but also to its ability to provide conducive microclimatic conditions (increase of temperature and soil moisture) around mulched plant while improving the structural stability and soil structure and nutrients availability. This may improve early survival and plant growth in forest plantations, which makes weed control using mulching merits consideration in afforestation programs. Mulching cost depends on type of mulch used. However, weed control using mulching is generally less costly compared to traditional techniques (manual, mechanical, chemical, etc.) due to the reduction of maintenance activities after plantation.

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Abbreviations

%:

Percent

cm:

Centimeter

FAO:

Food and Agriculture Organization

g/m2:

Gram per meter square

kg/m2:

Kilogram per meter square

m:

Meter

mg/kg:

Milligram per kilogram

mm:

Millimeter

ppm:

Parts per million

UV:

Ultraviolet

μm:

Micrometer

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    Marta Pardos

  3. Department of Farm Forestry, Sant Gahira Guru Vishwavidyalaya, Sarguja, Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh, India

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  4. Department of Environmental Science, Sant Gahira Guru Vishwavidyalaya, Sarguja, Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh, India

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Mechergui, T., Pardos, M., Jhariya, M.K., Banerjee, A. (2021). Mulching and Weed Management Towards Sustainability. In: Jhariya, M.K., Meena, R.S., Banerjee, A. (eds) Ecological Intensification of Natural Resources for Sustainable Agriculture . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4203-3_8

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