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Application Timing Affects Weed Control with Metolachlor Plus Atrazine in No-Till Corn (Zea mays)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

William G. Johnson ,
Michael S. Defelice  and
Cheryl S. Holman
William G. Johnson
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomy, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65203
Michael S. Defelice
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomy, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65203
Cheryl S. Holman
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomy, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65203
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Abstract

Field trials were conducted in no-till field corn in northern Missouri to compare weed control and crop response of metolachlor plus atrazine applied under five preplant herbicide management practices. The practices consisted of (1) applying the entire dose of metolachlor plus atrazine 15, 30, or 45 d early preplant (EPP), (2) applying a split application of an EPP (67%) followed by (fb) a PRE (33%), (3) applying the entire dose PRE, (4) applying metolachlor PRE fb dicamba early post (EPOST), or (5) applying atrazine alone EPOST. Weed control at 7 wk after planting was more variable with EPP treatments than with EPP fb PRE or PRE treatments. Giant foxtail and fall panicum control was greatest with treatments that included metolachlor PRE. Velvetleaf and common cocklebur control was greatest with atrazine or dicamba EPOST and was generally unacceptable (< 80%) with any soil-applied herbicide treatment. Common lambsquarters control was greater than 90% with all treatments that included metolachlor, atrazine, or dicamba, regardless of timing. Corn yields were slightly higher with EPP fb PRE and PRE fb EPOST dicamba than with EPP alone. The results suggest that herbicide applications made nearer to the date of planting provide less variable weed control and corn yield than treatments made more than 15 d EPP.

Keywords

Atrazine, 6-chloro-N-ethyl-N'-(1-methylethyl)-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diaminedicamba, 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxybenzoic acidmetolachlor, 2-chloro-N-(2-ethyl-6-methylphenyl)-N-(2-methoxy-1-methylethyl)acetamidecommon cocklebur, Xanthium strumarium # XANSTcommon lambsquarters, Chenopodium album L. # CHEALfall panicum, Panicum dichotomiflorum Michx. # PANDIgiant foxtail, Setaria faberi L. # SETFAvelvetleaf, Abutilon theophrasti # ABUTHcorn, Zea mays L. ‘Pioneer 3379’ and ‘Pioneer 3394.'Herbicide timing in field cornABUTHCHEALPANDISETFAXANSTEPOST, early postemergenceEPP, early preplantEPP45, early preplant 45 d before plantingEPP30, early preplant 30 d before plantingEPP15, early preplant 15 d before plantingfb, followed byWAP, weeks after planting
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Information
Weed Technology , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , June 1997 , pp. 207 - 211
Copyright
Copyright © 1997 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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