Evaluation of Legume Cover Crops and Weed Control Programs in Conservation-Tillage, Enhanced Glyphosate-Resistant Cotton
| Autor: | Jason K. Norsworthy, Marilyn McClelland, Joshua Still, Griff M. Griffith, Sanjeev K. Bangarwa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
Biomass (ecology) Pesticide resistance 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Plant Science Biology Pesticide Weed control 01 natural sciences Tillage 010602 entomology chemistry.chemical_compound Agronomy chemistry Glyphosate 040103 agronomy & agriculture 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Cover crop Agronomy and Crop Science Legume |
| Zdroj: | Weed Technology. 24:269-274 |
| ISSN: | 1550-2740 0890-037X |
| DOI: | 10.1614/wt-d-09-00037.1 |
| Popis: | Research was conducted at Marianna, AR, for 2 yr to determine whether hairy vetch and Austrian winter pea cover crops would aid weed management programs in conservation-tilled, enhanced glyphosate-resistant cotton. Both cover crops were easily established and produced rapid growth in early spring, with biomass production of 435 to 491 g m−2by Austrian winter pea and 415 to 438 g m−2by hairy vetch. The effect of cover crops on weed control was short-lived in both years, with herbicide programs being the major determinant of weed control and seed-cotton yield. Averaged over cover crops, seed-cotton yields when the initial in-crop glyphosate application was delayed to the four-node cotton stage were up to 710 kg ha−1less than in a PRE herbicide program. In 1 of 2 yr, seed-cotton yields were greater in PRE-treated plots compared with a program where initial weed management was delayed to the one-leaf stage of cotton. As a result of rapid decay of hairy vetch and Austrian winter pea biomass following cotton planting and the lack of adequate Palmer amaranth, pitted morningglory, and goosegrass control in the absence of herbicides, it appears there may be minimal weed management benefits from the use of hairy vetch and Austrian winter pea in Midsouth cotton production. |
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