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Potential yield loss in sugar beet due to weed interference in the United States and Canada

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 December 2018

Nader Soltani ,
J. Anita Dille ,
Darren E. Robinson ,
Christy L. Sprague ,
Don W. Morishita ,
Nevin C. Lawrence ,
Andrew R. Kniss ,
Prashant Jha ,
Joel Felix  and
Robert E. Nurse
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Nader Soltani*
Affiliation:
Adjunct Professor, Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph Ridgetown Campus, Ridgetown, ON, Canada
J. Anita Dille
Affiliation:
Professor, Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
Darren E. Robinson
Affiliation:
Associate Professor, Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph Ridgetown Campus, Ridgetown, ON, Canada
Christy L. Sprague
Affiliation:
Professor, Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Michigan, East Lansing, MI, USA
Don W. Morishita
Affiliation:
Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Idaho, Kimberly, ID, USA
Nevin C. Lawrence
Affiliation:
Assistant Professor, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Scottsbluff, NE, USA
Andrew R. Kniss
Affiliation:
Associate Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA
Prashant Jha
Affiliation:
Associate Professor, Southern Agricultural Research Center, Montana State University, Huntley, MT, USA
Joel Felix
Affiliation:
Associate Professor, College of Agricultural Science, Oregon State University, Ontario, OR, USA
Robert E. Nurse
Affiliation:
Research Scientist, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Harrow, ON, Canada
Peter H. Sikkema
Affiliation:
Professor, Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph Ridgetown Campus, Ridgetown, ON, Canada
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*Author for correspondence: Nader Soltani, Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph Ridgetown Campus, Ridgetown, ON N0P 2C0, Canada. (E-mail: soltanin@uoguelph.ca)
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Abstract

The objective of this WSSA Weed Loss Committee report is to provide quantitative data on the potential yield loss in sugar beet due to weed interference from the major sugar beet growing areas of the United States and Canada. Researchers and extension specialists who conducted research on weed control in sugar beet in the United States and Canada provided quantitative data on sugar beet yield loss due to weed interference in their regions. Specifically, data were requested from weed control studies in sugar beet from up to 10 individual studies per calendar year over a 15-yr period between 2002 and 2017. Data collected indicated that if weeds are left uncontrolled under optimal agronomic practices, growers in Idaho, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ontario, Oregon, and Wyoming would potentially lose an average of 79%, 61%, 66%, 68%, 63%, 75%, 83%, 78%, and 77% of the sugar beet yield. The corresponding monetary loss would be approximately US$234, US$122, US$369, US$43, US$40, US$211, US$12, US$14, and US$32 million, respectively. The average yield loss due to weed interference for the primary sugar beet growing areas of North America was estimated to be 70%. Thus, if weeds are not controlled, growers in the United States would lose approximately 22.4 million tonnes of sugar beet yield valued at approximately US$1.25 billion, and growers in Canada would lose approximately 0.5 million tonnes of sugar beet yield valued at approximately US$25 million. The high return on investment in weed management highlights the importance of continued weed science research for sustaining high crop yield and profitability of sugar beet production in North America.

Keywords

Drew Lyon, Washington State UniversitySugar beetBeta vulgaris L.Herbicidesintegrated weed managementmonetary lossoptimal agronomic practicesweed control strategies
Type
Education/Extension
Information
Weed Technology , Volume 32 , Issue 6 , December 2018 , pp. 749 - 753
Copyright
© Weed Science Society of America, 2018. 

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