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Potato (Solanum tuberosum) Yields and Weed Populations in Conventional and Reduced Tillage Systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Russell W. Wallace  and
Robin R. Bellinder
Russell W. Wallace
Affiliation:
Vegetable Crops Dep., Plant Sci. Bldg., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY 14853-0327
Robin R. Bellinder
Affiliation:
Vegetable Crops Dep., Plant Sci. Bldg., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY 14853-0327
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Abstract

Linuron, metribuzin, oryzalin, and dinoseb were evaluated for weed control in conventional (CT) and rye-stubble reduced-tillage (RT) systems for potatoes. Early season control of weeds was equivalent for all herbicides in both tillage systems. In 1985, redroot pigweed populations were significantly greater in RT than in CT control plots. Populations of common lambsquarters were equivalent, regardless of the tillage system. In 1986, the rye mulch reduced early emergence of both species in untreated RT plots when compared to the untreated CT controls. During both seasons, potato stands decreased 16% with RT. In 1985, total yields did not differ between tillage systems; however, in 1986, total potato yields in RT plots decreased an average of 22% compared to yields in CT plots.

Keywords

Dinoseb, 2-(1-methylpropyl)-4,6-dinitrophenollinuron, N′-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-N-methoxy-N-methylureametribuzin, 4-amino-6-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-3-(methylthio)-1,2,4-triazin-5(4H)-oneoryzalin, 4-(dipropylamino)-3,5-dinitrobenzenesulfonamideredroot pigweed, Amaranthus retroflexus L. ♯3 AMAREcommon lambsquarters, Chenopodium album L. ♯ CHEALrye, Secale cereale L.potatoes, Solarium tuberosum L. var. “Katahdin”No tillageAmaranthus retroflexusChenopodium albumAMARECHEAL
Type
Research
Information
Weed Technology , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , December 1989 , pp. 590 - 595
Copyright
Copyright © 1989 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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