Vanaga I, Mintale Z, Smirnova O
Latvian Plant Protection Research Centre, Lielvardes iela 36/38, LV-1006 Riga, Latvia.
Commun Agric Appl Biol Sci. 2010;75(2):119-27.
The composition of weed species in spring barley and weed biodiversity was evaluated in experiments in different growing seasons and with different previous crops. The aim of the experiments was to evaluate the composition of weed species in spring barley during a four year period in weather conditions of different growing seasons and with different previous crop as well as to assess the biodiversity in the experiments where the different groups of herbicides were applied. Over years and previous crops, the dicotyledonous weed community was dominated by Chenopodium album, followed by Viola arvensis. The herbicides from different groups had significant influences on the biodiversity of weeds.
