The response of weed community in soybean with conventional and conservation tillage systems on rainfed Vertisols

A change in tillage system from conventional to conservation tillage may influence weed population, diversity and weed seed distribution in the soil profile. Therefore, a field study was conducted during 2009 through 2011 to investigate the effects of tillage system. The number of grassy weeds was least in the no-tillage (NT), reduced till (RT) and mould board plough (MB) treatments compared to the conventional till (CT) treatment. More dicot...