Evaluation of Four Control Methods Efficiency and Damage Mitigation of Field Dodder (Cuscuta campestris Yunck.) in Eggplant Cultivation
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https://doi.org/10.35516/jjas.v20i4.1911Keywords:
Field dodder, eggplant, control methods, efficiency, morphological damagesAbstract
Field dodder (Cuscuta campestris Yunck.) is one of the most difficult parasitic weeds to control. This study was conducted in 2020 and 2021 to investigate the efficiency of four selected control methods against field dodder in eggplant. The treatments that were applied in the experiment were hand hoeing, black polyethylene mulch, pendimethalin as a pre-emergence herbicide, and rimsulfuron as a post-emergence herbicide. The hand hoeing treatment achieved the highest efficiency against field dodder among the weed control methods used, reaching 100% weed-free, followed by the mulch treatment, with 91.2% weed-free. When the field dodder was left without control, it caused a decrease in plant height by 31.13%, the number of fruits by 59.00%, and a loss in eggplant yield by 82.16%. Infection with field dodder usually results in failure of the eggplant flowers' pollination and then death, reduced quality of fruits, deformation in leaves, and cases of severe infection lead to the complete death of plants.
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