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The effects of omitting or reducing pesticide and other inputs on the disease incidence and yield components of winter wheat in Northern Ireland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

D. L. Easson
D. L. Easson
Affiliation:
The Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Hillsborough, Co. Down, BT26 6DR, UK
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Summary

Omitting or changing various inputs to winter wheat, cv. Norman, were studied over the 1985/86, 1986/87 and 1987/88 crop years in Northern Ireland. Control plots received chemical inputs as commonly applied to intensively managed wheat, including herbicide, two broad spectrum fungicides and chlormequat and yielded 7·5, 9·3 and 6·3 t/ha in 1986, 1987 and 1988 respectively. Other treatments included no herbicide, no chlormequat, no late fungicide, no fungicide, no sprays, half seed rate, late sowing and late sowing with no sprays. Later sowing decreased take-all in 1986 and increased yield. All other treatments either reduced yield or had no effect. Omitting fungicide gave consistent and large decreases in yield by depressing the 1000-grain weight but the importance of early and late applications varied between years. The yield reductions from omitting fungicide were generally larger than those reported elsewhere. Lodging occurred in all years but chlormequat reduced it only in 1988 and gave a yield increase only in 1986, although the number of grains/ear was increased in all years. There was no evidence of any interactions between different pesticide inputs or with seed rate or sowing date.

Type
Crops and Soils
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 124 , Issue 3 , June 1995 , pp. 343 - 350
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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