Changes in the weed flora of cotton fields in the Eastern Mediterranean region of Turkiye

Year 2023, , 633 - 648, 18.12.2023

Ahmet Tansel Serim , Mine Özkil , İlhan Üremiş , Ahmet Uludag

https://doi.org/10.37908/mkutbd.1325888

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Abstract

Cotton is the most dominant field crop, especially in higher soil saline parts of the Eastern Mediterranean region of Türkiye. This study aims to determine the current statues of weed flora of cotton fields in the East Mediterranean region, to compare it with weed flora in 1991-1992 and to understand whether a weed flora shift has occurred in these fields. Eighty-two cotton fields were surveyed during the growing season (July and August) in 2018, and thirty-seven weed species distributed in 17 families were found in the survey fields, where 18, 23, 17, and 33 of them were recorded in the Kahramanmaraş, Hatay, Mersin, and Adana provinces, respectively. Canonical correspondence analysis revealed that the phytosociological composition of the cotton fields was significantly related to the P content of the soil, average temperature, and cumulative rainfall. The current weed survey also indicated that these fields were under the threat of some invasive alien plant species that had not been found in previous surveys, such as Ipomoea triloba L., Amaranthus palmeri L., and Cucumis melo var. agrestis Naudin. Although cotton fields in the region were reduced by two-thirds in 2018 compared to 1991-1992, weed richness increased. Weed flora shifts were influenced by crop, crop rotation, herbicide use, irrigation, and landscape factors of cotton fields in the East Mediterranean Region of Türkiye.

Keywords

Weed shift, Cotton, Similarity index, Ecological indices, Canonical correspondence analysis

Ethical Statement

Ethical approval is not applicable, because this article does not contain any studies with human or animal subjects.

Türkiye’nin Doğu Akdeniz bölgesinde yer alan pamuk tarlalarında yabancı ot florasındaki değişimler

Abstract

Pamuk, özellikle Türkiye’nin Doğu Akdeniz Bölgesi'nin yüksek tuzlu topraklarının bulunduğu alanların en yaygın tarla bitkisidir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, Doğu Akdeniz bölgesindeki pamuk tarlalarının mevcut yabancı ot florasını belirlemek, 1991-1992 yılları arasındaki yabancı ot florası ile karşılaştırmak ve bu tarlalarda yabancı ot florası bir değişiklik olup olmadığını anlamaktır. 2018 yılı yetiştirme sezonunda (Temmuz ve Ağustos), Kahramanmaraş, Hatay, Mersin ve Adana illerinde, sırasıyla 18, 23, 17 ve 33 olmak üzere 82 pamuk tarlasında sürvey yapılmış olup burada 17 familyaya dağılmış 37 yabancı ot türü tespit edilmiştir. Kanonik uygunluk analizi, pamuk tarlalarının fitososyolojik bileşiminin, toprağın P içeriği, ortalama sıcaklık ve kümülatif yağışla önemli ölçüde ilişkili olduğunu ortaya koymuştur. Mevcut araştırmada, bu alanlarda önceki çalışmalarda rastlanmayan Ipomoea triloba L., Amaranthus palmeri L. ve Cucumis melo var. agrestis Naudin’e rastlanılmıştır. Bölgedeki pamuk tarlaları 2018’de 1991-1992'ye göre üçte iki oranında azalmasına rağmen yabancı ot zenginliği artmıştır. Yabancı ot florası değişimleri, Türkiye'nin Doğu Akdeniz Bölgesi'ndeki pamuk tarlalarının ürün, ürün rotasyonu, herbisit kullanımı, sulama ve peyzaj faktörlerinden etkilenmiştir.

Keywords

Benzerlik indeksi, yabancı ot değişimi, pamuk, Ekolojik indeksler, Kanonik uygunluk analizi

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