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Weed control methods and soil acidity components in coffee plantation (Coffea arabica L.)

Elifas Nunes Alcântara, Júlio César Azevedo Nóbrega, Mozart Martins Ferreira

01/Dec/2007

In perennial agriculture, such as coffee plantation, weeds are controlled by hand, mechanized, and chemical weeding and their combinations. Methods that differ in terms of efficiency and costs have been evaluated; however, the influence of these methods on the soil chemical conditions has not been studied, particularly in the long term. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of different weed control methods on soil acidity components of a coffee plantation on a dystroferric Red Latosol in an experiment installed […]