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Effects of Insecticide, Weed-Free Period, and Row Spacing on Soybean (Glycine max) and Sicklepod (Cassia obtusifolia) Growth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Robert H. Walker ,
Michael G. Patterson ,
Ellis Hauser ,
David J. Isenhour ,
James W. Todd  and
Gale A. Buchanan
Robert H. Walker
Affiliation:
Dep. Agron. and Soils, Alabama Agric. Exp. Stn., Auburn Univ., AL 36849
Michael G. Patterson
Affiliation:
Dep. Agron. and Soils, Alabama Agric. Exp. Stn., Auburn Univ., AL 36849
Ellis Hauser
Affiliation:
Coastal Plain Exp. Stn., Tifton, GA 31793
David J. Isenhour
Affiliation:
Coastal Plain Exp. Stn., Tifton, GA 31793
James W. Todd
Affiliation:
Coastal Plain Exp. Stn., Tifton, GA 31793
Gale A. Buchanan
Affiliation:
Alabama Agric. Exp. Stn., Auburn Univ., AL 36849
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Abstract

Results from identical experiments conducted at Headland, AL, and Plains, GA, from 1980 through 1982 show insecticide treatment had little effect on soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr. ‘Coker 237′] growth and morphology. Maximum insecticide applications increased soybean seed weight in two of five trials. Soybeans maintained free of sicklepod (Cassia obtusifolia L. ♯3 CASOB) for 4 weeks after emergence produced yields equal to those receiving season-long control in all trials, and 2-week control was equal to season-long maintenance in three trials. Length of weed interference-free maintenance did not affect soybean height. The number of pods per plant and seed weight were decreased when there was no control. Sicklepod shoot fresh weight and numbers decreased as the weed-free period increased from 0 weeks through the season. Row spacing had no effect on soybean height or seed size; however, the number of pods per plant was higher in 80- than in 40-cm rows. Row spacing influenced yield in only one trial where 20-cm rows outyielded 40-cm rows. A significant interaction occurred between the weed-free period and row spacing in two trials. Soybeans in 20-cm rows outyielded those in 40- and 80-cm rows when sicklepod was not controlled (i.e., 0 weeks interference-free maintenance).

Keywords

Competitionrow spacingintegrated pest managementCASOB
Type
Special Topics
Information
Weed Science , Volume 32 , Issue 5 , September 1984 , pp. 702 - 706
Copyright
Copyright © 1984 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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