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Weed Control for Close-Drilled Soybeans

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

L. M. Wax*
Affiliation:
Plant Sci. Res. Div., Agr. Res. Ser., U. S. Dep. of Agr., Urbana, Illinois 61801

Abstract

Delayed planting or “stale seedbed” for weed control in close-drilled (20-cm rows) soybeans [Glycine max (L.) Merr. ‘Amsoy’] was evaluated for 3 years. The system combined final seedbed preparation 3 to 6 weeks before planting with herbicide application at planting time. The best control of six weed species and highest soybean yields were obtained by a,a,a-trifluoro-2,6-dinitro-N,N-dipropyl-p-toluidine (trifluralin) application at the time of seedbed preparation followed by 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1-methylurea (linuron) application at planting and by linuron application at planting without the early trifluralin application. Applications of 1,1′-dimethyl-4,4′-bipyridinium ion (paraquat) at planting, either with or without trifluralin treatments, resulted in less weed control and lower soybean yields than comparable treatments with linuron. However, even the best treatments failed to provide the weed control necessary to prevent substantial soybean yield reduction in heavy infestations of weeds that emerge in large numbers after planting, and that resist the phytotoxic action of the herbicides.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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