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Effect of Growth Stages on Quackgrass (Elytrigia repens) Control in Corn (Zea mays) with Rimsulfuron

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Sowmya Mitra  and
Prasanta C. Bhowmik
Sowmya Mitra*
Affiliation:
Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Stockbridge Hall. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003
Prasanta C. Bhowmik
Affiliation:
Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Stockbridge Hall. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003
*
Corresponding author's E-mail: smitra@pssci.umass.edu.
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Abstract

Experiments were conducted in 1996 and 1997 to determine the effects of postemergence (POST) application of rimsulfuron on quackgrass control. Rimsulfuron applied at 27 g ai/ ha to two-to four-leaf quackgrass controlled 100% of quackgrass 5 wk after treatment (WAT). Rimsulfuron applied to one- to two-leaf quackgrass was not as effective as the same rate applied to two- to four-or four- to six-leaf quackgrass. Stunting and leaf wrinkling of corn were observed 4 WAT when rimsulfuron was applied at 36 g/ha to four- to six-leaf quackgrass. The plants recovered from the stunting as the season progressed and by 12 WAT there was no appreciable stunting. Rimsulfuron (27 g/ha) applied to two- to four-leaf quackgrass increased grain and silage yield of corn by 36% and 45%, respectively, compared to the untreated check. The 27 g/ha rate of rimsulfuron applied to two- to four-leaf quackgrass resulted in 10% more grain yield than the same treatment applied to one- to two- leaf quackgrass. Rimsulfuron at 18 g/ha led to a 17% reduction of sitage yield when applied to the four- to six-leaf quackgrass. At all growth stages of quackgrass, rimsulfuron gave higher grain and silage yields than corn treated with the same rate and timing of nicosulfuron. Rimsulfuron reduced sprouting of quackgrass rhizome nodes, especially at higher rates.

Keywords

Nicosulfuron, 2-[[[[(4,6-dimethoxy-2-pyrimidinyl)amino]carbonyl]amino]sulfonyl]-N,N-dimethyl-3-pyridinecarboxamiderimsulfuron, N-[[(4,6-dimethoxy-2-pyrimidinyl)amino]carbonyl]-3-(ethylsulfonyl)-2-pyridinesulfonamidequackgrass, Elytrigia repens (L.) Beauv. # AGRREcorn, Zea mays L. ‘Maximizer 747’ and ‘Maximizer 21.'InjuryrhizomePOST, postemergenceWAT, weeks after treatment
Type
Research
Information
Weed Technology , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , March 1999 , pp. 37 - 42
Copyright
Copyright © 1999 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station Journal Article 3241.

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