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Crop Rotation and Herbicide Effects on the Population Dynamics of Two Annual Grasses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

W. Carroll Johnson III  and
Harold D. Coble
W. Carroll Johnson III
Affiliation:
Dep. Crop Sci., North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC 27695-7626
Harold D. Coble
Affiliation:
Dep. Crop Sci., North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC 27695-7626
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Abstract

A 3-yr study was initiated in 1982 to determine the effects of herbicides and crop rotations on large crabgrass [Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop. # DIGSA] and broadleaf signalgrass [Brachiaria platyphylla (Griseb.) Nash # BRAPP] population dynamics. Regardless of the crop rotation sequence, broadleaf signalgrass immediately became the predominant weed where standard herbicide programs were used. Large crabgrass became the predominant species after two growing seasons if no herbicides were applied. Domination by large crabgrass appeared to be due to greater seed production. The domination by broadleaf signalgrass in plots treated with herbicides was attributed to its tolerance to the primary grass herbicide alachlor [2-chloro-N-(2,6-diethylphenyl)-N-methoxymethyl)acetamide]. Broadleaf signalgrass emergence from soil treated with 2.2 kg ai/ha was not statistically different from that in untreated soil, while large crabgrass and fall panicum [Panicum dichotomiflorum (L.) Michx. # PANDI] emergence was significantly reduced at the same rate.

Keywords

AlachlorBrachiaria platyphyllaDigitaria sanguinalisPanicum dichotomiflorumDIGSABRAPPPANDI
Type
Weed Control and Herbicide Technology
Information
Weed Science , Volume 34 , Issue 3 , May 1986 , pp. 452 - 456
Copyright
Copyright © 1986 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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