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Reducing Johnsongrass (Sorghum halepense) Interference in Corn (Zea mays) with Herbicides and Cultivation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Gregory J. Steckel
Affiliation:
Dep. Agron., Univ. Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211
Michael S. Defelice
Affiliation:
Dep. Agron., Univ. Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211

Abstract

Field studies were conducted in 1990 and 1991 to evaluate johnsongrass control and interference in corn using combinations of nicosulfuron, EPTC + dichlormid, and cultivation. Nicosulfuron applied to 30-cm-tall rhizome johnsongrass provided greater control and corn yield than a later application to 60-cm-tall johnsongrass. Johnsongrass control and corn yield within the later nicosulfuron treatment were improved by a preplant application of EPTC. EPTC and/or cultivation alone provided less johnsongrass control and lower corn yield than nicosulfuron or handweeding.

Type
Research
Copyright
Copyright © 1995 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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