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Weed Control in Seed Fields of Side-Oats Grama

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

M. K. McCarty
Affiliation:
Crops Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Lincoln, Nebraska
L. C. Newell
Affiliation:
Crops Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Lincoln, Nebraska
C. J. Scifres
Affiliation:
Crops Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Lincoln, Nebraska
J. E. Congrove
Affiliation:
Crops Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Lincoln, Nebraska Franklin County, Nebraska
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Abstract

Preemergence applications of 5-bromo-3-sec-butyl-6-methyl-uracil (bromacil) and mixtures containing bromacil controlled both broadleaf and grass weeds best, and increased seed production and quality in side-oats grama [Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torr.] fields. Other herbicides significantly reduced broadleaf weeds but did not control grass weeds. The most troublesome grasses were foxtails; bristly foxtail [Setaria verticillata (L.) Beauv.] was the most prominent. Weed competition, in plots where herbicides were ineffective, significantly lowered seed production. Excessive rainfall after treatment was probably responsible for decreased weed control and increased crop damage from some of the herbicides. Applications of 2,3,5-trichloro-4-pyridinol (pyriclor) resulted in early crop chlorosis.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © 1967 Weed Science Society of America 

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