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Primary Tillage for Foxtail Barley (Hordeum jubatum) Control

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

William W. Donald*
Affiliation:
USDA-Agric. Res. Serv., and former Adj. Prof., Biosciences Res. Lab. and Dep. Crop Weed Sci., N. D. State Univ., Fargo, ND 58105

Abstract

Primary tillage is an inexpensive method to control foxtail barley, a perennial bunchgrass which is an increasing concern to no-till cereal farmers in the Northern Great Plains. Moldboard plowing or chisel plowing in fall followed by field cultivation-harrowing in spring effectively controlled established foxtail barley on previously untilled sites before planting spring wheat. In contrast, chisel plowing in spring followed by field cultivation-harrowing did not control this weed completely.

Type
Research
Copyright
Copyright © 1990 Weed Science Society of America 

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