Integrated weed management in vegetable production: evaluation of seed bank ecology, cover crops and hand weeding

Abstract

The dataset contains three files which correspond with chapters in the thesis. The first file contains data from a field experiment that evaluated the agronomic, ergonomic and economic performance of four different types of hand weeding tools (Chapter 4 of the thesis). The second file contains information on the growth of two weed species (Chenopodium album, fat hen and Lolium rigidum, annual ryegrass) and two cover crop species (Eruca sativa, Nemat; Secale cereale, cereal rye), and seed production of fat hen (Chapter 3 of the thesis). The third file contains information on the size, density and composition of weed soil seed banks of vegetable fields from the survey sites (seven vegetable growing regions of Australia) spread across seven states and territories of Australia (Chapter 2 of the thesis). <br>

Data contained in the first and second file, the date was collected at the UNE Research Farms and Glasshouse in Armidale, NSW, Australia. Data contained in the third file were collected from seven vegetable growing regions in Australia: the Lockyer Valley (Queensland); Sydney Basin (New South Wales); Cranbourne and Gippsland regions (Victoria); Devonport/La Trobe regions (Tasmania); Adelaide Hills and Gawler regions (South Australia); Darwin region (Northern Territory); and Gingin and Myalup regions (Western Australia).