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Combined Use of Pre-emergence Herbicides and Cross-Cultivation in Cotton

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Chester L. Foy
Chester L. Foy*
Affiliation:
Department of Field Crops, University of Missouri. Now Assistant Botanist in the Expt. Station, University of California, Davis
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Cotton is the major cash crop in Missouri's seven southeastern delta counties, and is second in cash value for the entire state, even though it comprises only about 6 per cent of the total acreage. Heavy infestations of weeds late in the season materially complicate the defoliation process, reduce the efficiency of both mechanical and hand pickers, lower the grade of the lint by contributing stains and trash, and account for greatly diminished net returns. Despite advances in this field, weed control still constitutes the principal remaining barrier to complete mechanization of cotton production.

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Research Article
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Weeds , Volume 7 , Issue 4 , October 1959 , pp. 459 - 462
Copyright
Copyright © 1959 Weed Science Society of America 

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