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Weed Control and Potato (Solanum tuberosum) Yield with Banded Herbicides and Cultivation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Robin R. Bellinder*
Affiliation:
Department of Fruit and Vegetable Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
Jonathan J. Kirkwyland
Affiliation:
Department of Fruit and Vegetable Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
Russell W. Wallace
Affiliation:
Department of Fruit and Vegetable Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
Jed B. Colquhoun
Affiliation:
Department of Fruit and Vegetable Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
*
Corresponding author's E-mail: [email protected].

Abstract

Experiments compared the effect on weed control and potato yield of banded applications of metolachlor plus linuron with or without flex-tine, rolling, and shovel cultivation prior to hilling. Cultivation without banded herbicide resulted in greater prehilling in- and between-row weed densities and reduced late-season weed control as compared to broadcast herbicides or cultivation with banded herbicides. Although the flex-tine and rolling cultivators were expected to provide improved in-row weed control, there were few differences between these and the other cultivation implements. Despite reduced weed control with cultivation alone, potato yields were not reduced.

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Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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