Occurrence Characteristics of Weeds on Sweet Persimmon Orchard Fields in Changwon, Gyeongnam Province

Sung Geun Lee1   Hyung Woo  Kim1   Yeon Ju  Park1   Soo Jeong Ahn2   Hyunsuk  Shin1   Jin Gook  Kim1,5   Kyeong Bok  Ma3   Jeung Joo  Lee4,5   Sung Hwan  Choi1,5,*   

1Division of Horticulture, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52725, Korea
2Agricultural Corporation ERANG Co., Ltd., Changwon 51217, Korea
3National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science, Naju 58216, Korea
4Department of Plant Medicine, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Korea
5Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences(IALS), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Korea

Abstract

This study was conducted to identify the current status of weed occurrence in sweet persimmon orchards in Changwon, Gyeongnam province. As a result of investigating weeds occurring a total of 33 families and 82 species of weeds were identified. Asteraceae 17 species (20.7%), Poaceae 9 species (11.0%), Polygonaceae 6 species (7.3%), and Caryophyllaceae 4 species (4.9%) in the order of occurrence. Bidens pilosa in Asteraceae, Digitaria violascens in Poaceae, and Persicaria longiseta in Polygonaceae were the most dominant species. By weed life cycle, annual weeds were the most common with 35 species (42.7%), followed by annual and biennial weeds with 8 species (9.8%), biennial weeds with 11 species (13.4%), biennial and perennial weeds with 2 species (2.4%), and perennial weeds with 26 species (31.7%). The number of non-selective herbicide applications in the sweet persimmon orchards was highest in the order of glyphosate-isopropylamine, glufosinate-ammonium, glyphosate-isopropylamine+MCPA, and glyphosate-isopropylamine+tiafenacil.

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