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Estimated corn yields using either weed cover or rated control after pre-emergence herbicides

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

William W. Donald
William W. Donald*
Affiliation:
USDA-ARS, Cropping Systems and Water Quality Research Unit, 269 Agricultural Engineering Building, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211; [email protected]
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Abstract

Because soil-residual PRE herbicides reduce and delay annual weed emergence and decrease later weed growth, susceptible weeds surviving or recovering from herbicide treatment reduce crop yields less than do untreated weeds. Recently, corn yields were shown to be reduced differently by untreated weeds emerging in and between crop rows. However, equations have not been reported before that relate corn yield to in-row and between-row weed cover of mixed weed populations recovering from PRE soil-residual herbicides. Published data from PRE herbicide screening research for 3 site-yr in Missouri were reanalyzed to characterize this relation. In-row and between-row weed cover of mixed weed populations, chiefly giant foxtail and common waterhemp, were measured from photographs at midsummer. In 2 of 3 site-yr and with the 3 site-yr average, corn yields were a nonlinear function of both in-row and between-row weed cover recovering from various PRE soil-residual herbicide treatments. In 1 of 3 site-yr, corn yields were a nonlinear function of only between-row total weed cover. Subdividing weed cover into in-row and between-row subpopulations in equations accounted for more data variability in yield estimates than including either subpopulation alone. For all 3 site-yr after PRE herbicide treatment, corn yields were a nonlinear function of only between-row visually rated total weed control. Visual evaluation was less sensitive than photographic weed cover for measuring the contribution of in-row weeds to corn yield loss and characterizing the functional form of the equations.

Keywords

Common waterhemp, Amaranthus rudis Sauer AMATAgiant foxtail, Setaria faberii Herrm. SETFAcorn, Zea mays L. ZEAMX ‘Pioneer 33G28’Competitioninterferenceweedyield
Type
Weed Management
Information
Weed Science , Volume 54 , Issue 2 , April 2006 , pp. 373 - 379
Copyright
Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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