ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Effects of Mechanical Weed Control
in Barley-Pea Mixture on Colonization
of Pea Seeds by Fungi, Part 2
Agnieszka Lejman1, Rafał Ogórek2, Piotr Sobkowicz1
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1Department of Agroecosystems and Green Areas Management,
Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences,
pl. Grunwaldzki 24a, 53-363 Wroclaw, Poland
2Department of Genetics, Institute of Genetics and Microbiology,
University of Wroclaw, Przybyszewskiego 63/77, 51-148 Wroclaw, Poland
Submission date: 2014-10-19
Final revision date: 2015-08-19
Acceptance date: 2015-08-25
Publication date: 2015-11-27
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2015;24(6):2485-2492
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Our study was a mycological evaluation of pea seeds harvested from a barley-pea mixture in which different
methods of weed control had been used. The field experiment was carried out during 2010-12 and was
conducted using randomized block design in four replicates. Weed control was mechanical and chemical.
Fungal colonization tests were carried out on disinfected and non-disinfected seeds. The research showed statistically
significant differences in the total number of fungi isolated from disinfected and non-disinfected
seeds. The fungus most frequently isolated was Alternaria alternata. Penicillium chrysogenum, Sclerotinia
sclerotiorum, and Trichoderma harzianum were isolated only from the non-disinfected seeds. Presented results
show that suitably chosen mechanical weed control may be an alternative to chemical weed control in the mixtures
of cereals and legumes, and may be particularly important for organic and integrated farming. The best
variant of mechanical weed control in the cereal-legume mixture in terms of infection pea seeds by fungi is
two passes of spring-tine harrow at the beginning of the tillering stage of barley and two passes at the full tillering
stage of barley.