This work aimed to determine the effects of aqueous extracts of coffee and rice husks on emergence and initial growth of slender amaranth (Amaranthus viridis L.). The experimental design was a randomized block with four replications in a (2x2x5) factorial scheme, being two types of husks, in two soils (coffee crop and steep bank), and five extracts concentrations (0, 5, 10, 15 and 20%). Coffee and rice husks aqueous extracts between 10 and 20% concentrations provided respectively greater seed emergence stimulation and inhibition. Coffee husk extract caused greater initial growth and dry matter weight of slender amaranth, while emergence velocity and percentage were more inhibited by rice husk extract.
Coffea arabica; Oryza sativa; Amaranthus viridis; allelopathy; residues
