To evaluate the effects on weed emergence of autumn/winter sowing of different species [sorghum (Sorghum bicolor x Sorghum sudanense 'Cober Exp hybrid'), forage millet (Pennisetum americanum 'var. BN2'), finger millet (Eleusine coracana) and St Lucia grass (Brachiaria brizantha), for mulch formation (at rates of 3.0 and 5.5 t ha-1), an experiment was carried out in the agricultural year 2003/2004, in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The specific composition and population densities of the infesting community were influenced by the mulch production systems. Weed emergence was minor under sorghum and Sta Lucia grass cover and in greater amounts of straw. Straw cover inhibited the emergence of seedlings of Bidens pilosa, Amaranthus spp., Commelina benghalensis, Leucas martinicensis and grasses and stimulated the emergence of Chamaesyce spp.
Brachiaria brizantha; Eleusine coracana; Pennisetum americanum; soil cover; Sorghum bicolor; Sorghum sudanense
