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2022
Martinelli, Rodrigo; Rufino, Luiz Renato; Cruz, Ricardo Alcántara-De; Conceição, Patricia Marluci; Monquero, Patricia Andrea; Azevedo, Fernando Alves
Glyphosate Excessive Use Affects Citrus Growth and Yield: The Vicious (and Unsustainable) Circle in Brazilian Orchards Journal Article
In: Agronomy, vol. 12, iss. 2, pp. 453, 2022, ISSN: 20734395.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Herbicide drift, phytotoxicity, Return of in-vestment, Weed control, Weed resistance, Yield drop
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title = {Glyphosate Excessive Use Affects Citrus Growth and Yield: The Vicious (and Unsustainable) Circle in Brazilian Orchards},
author = {Rodrigo Martinelli and Luiz Renato Rufino and Ricardo Alcántara-De Cruz and Patricia Marluci Conceição and Patricia Andrea Monquero and Fernando Alves Azevedo},
url = {https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/2/453/htm https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/2/453},
doi = {10.3390/AGRONOMY12020453/S1},
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year = {2022},
date = {2022-01-01},
journal = {Agronomy},
volume = {12},
issue = {2},
pages = {453},
publisher = {MDPI},
abstract = {The excessive use of glyphosate by Brazilian citrus growers leads to a vicious and unsustainable circle: Increasing the glyphosate use and the selection pressure of resistant/tolerant weeds, as well as the phytointoxication of the crop. In addition, there is speculation on the consequences of using glyphosate and the studies are not conclusive. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the glyphosate management in citrus orchards by assessing its effects in a 5-year field experiment using different doses and application frequencies. Here, we determine the weed control levels, the orchard growth and fruit yield, as well as the economic viability of the treatments. Higher weed control was observed more often with the increasing frequency of glyphosate application, and occasionally with increasing doses. However, some species predominated even at high glyphosate usage, such as BIDPI (Bidens pilosa (L.)), RAPRA (Raphanus raphanistrum (L.)), and ERICA (Conyza canadensis (L.) Cronquist). Phytotoxicity symptoms were demonstrated up to the fourth year of the orchard, and onwards the plants no longer expressed them. This was a highlight, since there was a decrease over time in growth (up to 5.3 m3) and fruit yield (up to 36.3 t ha−1), with losses that reached −56% of the total income. This is the first report to demonstrate that the increase in glyphosate usage can occasionally increase weed control, but it can also decrease orchard development and its financial via-bility.},
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The excessive use of glyphosate by Brazilian citrus growers leads to a vicious and unsustainable circle: Increasing the glyphosate use and the selection pressure of resistant/tolerant weeds, as well as the phytointoxication of the crop. In addition, there is speculation on the consequences of using glyphosate and the studies are not conclusive. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the glyphosate management in citrus orchards by assessing its effects in a 5-year field experiment using different doses and application frequencies. Here, we determine the weed control levels, the orchard growth and fruit yield, as well as the economic viability of the treatments. Higher weed control was observed more often with the increasing frequency of glyphosate application, and occasionally with increasing doses. However, some species predominated even at high glyphosate usage, such as BIDPI (Bidens pilosa (L.)), RAPRA (Raphanus raphanistrum (L.)), and ERICA (Conyza canadensis (L.) Cronquist). Phytotoxicity symptoms were demonstrated up to the fourth year of the orchard, and onwards the plants no longer expressed them. This was a highlight, since there was a decrease over time in growth (up to 5.3 m3) and fruit yield (up to 36.3 t ha−1), with losses that reached −56% of the total income. This is the first report to demonstrate that the increase in glyphosate usage can occasionally increase weed control, but it can also decrease orchard development and its financial via-bility.