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Weed Control in Established Dryland Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Robert G. Wilson Jr.
Robert G. Wilson Jr.*
Affiliation:
Dep. Agron., Univ. of Nebraska Panhandle Stn., Scottsbluff, NE 69361
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Abstract

Fall-applied herbicides were evaluated in field studies conducted in 1978 through 1980 in western Nebraska for selective weed control in nonirrigated, established alfalfa (Medicago sativa L. ‘Ranger’). All herbicides effectively controlled downy brome (Bromus tectorum L.). Broadleaf weeds were differentially controlled by the herbicides tested. All herbicide treatments increased forage production and protein content over that produced in the untreated check. Increasing the rate of metribuzin [4-amino-6-tert-butyl-3-(methylthio)-as-triazin-5(4H)-one] and simazine [2-chloro-4,6-bis(ethylamino)-s-triazine] above amounts needed for effective weed control caused an increase in the protein content of alfalfa forage above that resulting from normal use rates.

Keywords

Bromus tectorumKochia scopariaforage productionproteinin vitro dry matter digestibility
Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 29 , Issue 5 , September 1981 , pp. 615 - 618
Copyright
Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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