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Effect of Weeds on Harvesting Efficiency in Corn, Sorghum, and Soybeans

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

O. C. Burnside ,
G. A. Wicks ,
D. D. Warnes ,
B. R. Somerhalder  and
S. A. Weeks
O. C. Burnside
Affiliation:
University of Nebraska
G. A. Wicks
Affiliation:
University of Nebraska
D. D. Warnes
Affiliation:
University of Nebraska
B. R. Somerhalder
Affiliation:
University of Nebraska
S. A. Weeks
Affiliation:
University of Nebraska
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Abstract

Widely varying weed densities that had been desiccated by freezing did not reduce combine efficiency (gathering plus threshing losses) in harvesting corn (Zea mays L., var. Nebraska 508), sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench, var. RS 610], or soybeans (Glycine max L., var. Ford). Average combine gathering losses with corn, sorghum, and soybeans were 2, 7, and 16%, respectively. Average threshing losses with the combine were less than 1% with corn and sorghum and less than 3% with soybeans. The high gathering losses in this study were due partly to delayed combining to allow the weeds to be desiccated by freezing temperatures.

Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 17 , Issue 4 , October 1969 , pp. 438 - 441
Copyright
Copyright © 1969 Weed Science Society of America 

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