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Soil Solarization for Weed Management in U.A.E.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Ahmed A. Al-Masoom,
Abdur-Rahman Saghir and
Souheil Itani
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Abstract

Field studies were conducted in 1991 and 1992 at the Faculty Farm of the U.A.E. Univ., Al-Ain, to evaluate the effectiveness of soil solarization for weed management in naturally infested plots of lettuce, and on subsequent planting of garlic. Solarization for 2 mo during the hottest summer period effectively suppressed weeds during the growing season of head lettuce. In subsequently-planted garlic, no significant effect was observed between solarized and nonsolarized treatments.

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Lettuce, Lactuca sativa L.garlic, Allium sativum L.Garlichead lettuce

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Weed Technology , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , June 1993, pp. 507 - 510
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Copyright © 1993 Weed Science Society of America 

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