Weed control ís the most ímportant íssue ín organíc farmíng systems that límít crop growth and theír yíeld. Fíeld experíments were conducted ín organíc soybean (Glycine max Merrí/l) to evaluate the weed suppressíon effects of salt and seawater treatment. Weed populatíon and fresh weíght were monítored after 6 weeks of saft and seawater treatments. The most ímportant weeds were Dígítaría sanguínalís, Portulaca oleracea, Tradescantía reflexa and Chenopodíum album var. centrorubrum, but also 6 other specíes were observed ín soybean arable fíeld. Soybean crops under seawater or theír solíds applicatíon were well grown. The results treated wíth salts and seawater índícate decreases by 13.4-30.8% ín weed densíty and by 18.0-43.2% ín theír fresh weíght and soíl hardness íncreases of up to 2.1-fold. Salt and seawater províded good addítíonal weed control, but they were caused a seríous problem ín deteríoratíon of soíl physícal propertíes.

The effects of seawater on growth of fettuce(Lactuca sativa L.), leaf perilla(perilIa frutescens var. japonica Hara), red pepper(Capsicum annuum L.) and cucumber(Cucumis sativus L.) seedlings were investigated in the glass greenhouse. These effects were studied on seedlings, and diluted seawater (1%, 5%, 10%, 20%, 50%, 100% v/v) was sprayed enough on feaves. The tested four vegetable crops have well grown up to 10% diluted seawater, but the tested vegetable crops were damaged from increasing salt levels. Of these, lettuce was provided salt-tolerant vegetable crop and red pepper was considered salt-sensitive vegetable crop. The salt tolerance of vegetable crops is different between crops and complicated because of additional detrimental effects caused by accumulated ions or specific ion toxicities in their leaves. These results show that agricultural use of seawater may be benefit crop cultivation in organic farming system as well as in conventional farming system.