Cumulative impact of herbicides and tillage in conservation agriculture on soil microbiome, fungal diversity and crop productivity.

ABSTRACT: Conservation agriculture experiment was undertaken to investigate synergistic effects of tillage and weed management on soil microbiome, and fungal diversity at vegetative (30 DAS) and tasselling (60 DAS) of maize and monitor yield. Main-treatments included T₁: Conventional tillage (CT) with Cotton- CT with maize- fallow, T₂: CT with Cotton- Zero tillage (ZT) with Maize- ZT with Sesbania rostrata (Sr) and T₃: ZT with Cotton + Sr residues- ZT with Maize + Cotton residues- ZT with Sr + Maize stubbles. Weed management (Sub-plots) were W₁: Chemical weed control, W₂: Herbicide rotation, W₃: Integrated weed management (IWM) and W₄: Single hand-weeded. Rhizo-sphere and plane samples were collected at 30 and 60 DAS for en

SUBMITTER: Nthebere K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12246423 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature