The experiment was conducted in a greenhouse to verify the ability of Mucuna aterrima, Mucuna cinerea and Mucuna deeringiana seeds to overcome different soil depths plus sugarcane straw densities. The experimental design was completely randomized with the treatments arranged in a factorial scheme 3 x 3 x 3 and four replications. The factors consisted of straw layers (0, 5, and 10 cm), Mucuna species (M. aterrima, M. cinerea and M. deeringiana) and sowing depth (1, 4 and 8 cm). The Mucuna species exceeded the sowing depth by 23 t ha‑1 straw and up to 8 cm, exposing the shoot to the surface from 10 days after emergence and also being able to develop height (> 96 cm per plant), leaf area (> 723 cm-2 per plant) and dry mass accumulation (> 2.09 g per plant) up to 35 DAS.
sugarcane; straw; weed
