EN
Over 2001-2003 there was researched an effect of various tillage methods on the reduction of weed infestation of a long-term fallow. The number of germinating weeds was analysed; the weeds had been obtained from a few-time-mixed soil samples collected from the top soil layers under the conditions of direct sowing, traditional ploughing, multistage ploughing and ploughing with a skim coulter. The results were compared with the abundance of weeds per 1 m2 under field conditions. The log-linear analysis showed a considerable effect of weather conditions (years) on the abundance of germinating weeds in 0-5, 5-10, 10-15, 15-20, 20-25 cm layers. Multistage ploughing and ploughing with a skim coulter significantly decreased the number of germinating weeds in the top soil layers, as compared with the traditional plough and direct sowing. After two years of varied tillage methods considerably lower weed abundance was recorded for all the tillage variants, as compared with the results.