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Interaction Between Wheat (Triticum aestivum) and Diclofop to Reduce the Cost of Annual Ryegrass (Lolium rigidum) Control

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Deirdre Lemerle ,
Birgitte Verbeek  and
Neil E. Coombes
Deirdre Lemerle
Affiliation:
NSW Agriculture, Agricultural Research Institute, Private Mail Bag, Wagga Wagga, N.S.W. 2650 Australia
Birgitte Verbeek
Affiliation:
NSW Agriculture, Agricultural Research Institute, Private Mail Bag, Wagga Wagga, N.S.W. 2650 Australia
Neil E. Coombes
Affiliation:
NSW Agriculture, Agricultural Research Institute, Private Mail Bag, Wagga Wagga, N.S.W. 2650 Australia
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Abstract

The influence of wheat variety on the dose-response of annual ryegrass to diclofop-methyl (POST) was examined in the field in 1992 and 1993 in southern New South Wales, Australia. The aim was to determine if planting a strongly competitive variety of wheat improved control of annual ryegrass at reduced doses of diclofop-methyl. Suppression of ryegrass was dependent on herbicide dose, season, and wheat variety. In the absence of herbicide, dry matter (DM) production of annual ryegrass at 300 plants m−2 at anthesis was 500 g ha−1 with Dollarbird and Katunga compared to 1000 g ha−1with Rosella or Shrike in 1992. In 1993, DM was approximately 150 g ha−1 with Dollarbird or Katunga, and 350 g ha−1with Shrike or Rosella. Ryegrass DM was reduced by diclofop-methyl to a greater extent, relative to the weedy unsprayed controls, with less competitive varieties Rosella and Shrike than with the more competitive Dollarbird or Katunga. Diclofop-methyl at 0.28 kg a.i. ha−1 reduced DM of ryegrass growing with Katunga to less than 100 g m−2 in 1992, compared to more than 200 g m2 with the other varieties. In 1993, diclofop-methyl was more effective on ryegrass, and the same dose reduced ryegrass DM to almost zero in all varieties. Grain yields in unsprayed weedy controls of Dollarbird and Katunga were reduced approximately 20% by annual ryegrass compared with yields achieved with herbicides in both years. Yields of Rosella and Shrike in the unsprayed controls were reduced about 40% in 1992 and 60% in 1993. Only small increases in grain yields of all varieties occurred from diclofop-methyl doses above 0.13 kg a.i. ha−1. Poorly competitive varieties were dependent on herbicides to achieve grain yield potential and had a greater risk of weed survival when herbicide efficacy was reduced. In contrast, strongly competitive varieties, likely to retard build-up of weed seed in the soil, are less dependent on herbicides to achieve grain yield potential, and therefore result in reduced weed control cost.

Keywords

Diclofop, (+)-2-[4-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)phenoxy]propanoic acidrigid ryegrass Lolium rigidum Gaudin ♯ LOLRIwheat, Triticum aestivum cv, ‘Rosella,’ ‘Shrike,’ ‘Dollarbird,’ and ‘Katunga.’Wheat varietiesdiclofop-methylcompetitionherbicide performanceLOLRI
Type
Weed Management
Information
Weed Science , Volume 44 , Issue 3 , September 1996 , pp. 634 - 639
Copyright
Copyright © 1996 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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