Air-propelled abrasive grits reduce weed abundance and increase yields in organic vegetable production

Agriculture & Biology

• vegetable growing 100%
• abrasives 99%
• weeds 70%
• weed control 64%
• air 56%
• sweet peppers 38%
• organic fertilizers 28%
• tomatoes 26%
• cropping systems 16%
• biomass 15%
• walnut hulls 14%
• broadleaf weeds 11%
• grass weeds 11%
• economic feasibility 10%
• corn cobs 10%
• Capsicum annuum 9%
• Solanum lycopersicum 9%
• organic production 8%
• students 8%
• soybean meal 8%
• tillage 8%
• growers 7%
• crop yield 7%
• hands 7%
• growing season 6%
• vegetables 6%
• nutrition 6%
• planting 6%
• plastics 6%
• fertilizers 6%
• farms 5%
• stems 5%
• fruits 5%
• crops 4%
• tissues 3%
• leaves 3%