This work aimed to study the effect of green fertilizers on the suppression of some weed species. The experiment was installed at the Agrarian Sciences /UFSCar Center, located in the municipal district of Araras, São Paulo. The experiment was arranged in a factorial (3 x 4 x 2) design with four repetitions to evaluate the effect of three amounts of green mass (40, 50 and 80 t ha-1 ) of the species Crotalaria juncea, Canavalia ensiformis,Mucuna aterrima and Pennisetum glaucum, under two types of handling (on the surface and soil incorporated) at the emergence and dry biomass of two species of the weeds (Ipomoea grandifolia and Brachiaria decumbens). Additionally, controls without vegetal covering and soil samples collected from the area with high infestation of P. maximum were evaluated.The evaluations were carried out up to 30 days after sowing, and the emerged weeds and dry biomass were determined. M. aterrima was the most efficient in reducing I. grandifolia. For E. heterophylla, the best treatments were those using P. glaucum and M. aterrima, mainly when 80 t ha-1 of biomass was applied. For B. decumbens and P. maximum, the species P. glaucum and C. juncea were the most efficient in reducing germination.
green fertilizers; mulching; vegetal residues; weeds
