An experiment was carried out under greenhouse conditions at NuPAM-FCA/UNESP, Botucatu, SP, Brazil to evaluate the effects of different types of straw management of Brachiaria decumbens on the initial development of Glycine max and Euphorbia heterophylla. The treatments were: straw on soil surface + irrigation on the top (T1); straw on soil surface + underirrigation (T2); straw incorporated into the soil (T3) and control (T4). B. decumbens straw was collected in the field thirty days after glyphosate application (1.44 g i.a. ha-1). The experimental design was completely randomized with seven replications, with the experimental units consisting of plastic pots, where G. max and E.heterophylla were sown in parallel lines. T1 reduced significantly the germination speed index (GSI) and G. max plant height at 5 and 10 days after emergence (DAE) while E. heterophylla did not suffer interference of the treatments, being a problem for cropping systems involving B. decumbens straw. Growth analysis data (AGR - absolute growth rate, RGR - relative grotw rate and NAR - net assimilation rate) on G. max and E. heterophylla presented maximum values at 15 DAE, except for T3 with G. max, which presented expressive decrease in its initial development, compared to the other treatments.
straw; no-tillage; weed
