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Control of Smellmelon (Cucumis melo) in Soybean with Herbicides

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

W. James Grichar*
Affiliation:
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, 3507 Highway 59E, Beeville, TX 78102
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Corresponding author's E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

Field studies were conducted during the 2004 and 2005 growing seasons to evaluate the effects of various herbicides on smellmelon control and soybean yield response. Pendimethalin applied pre-emergence (PRE) alone controlled smellmelon no better than 70%, whereas pendimethalin plus imazethapyr, flumioxazin, or cloransulam applied PRE provided almost complete smellmelon control (99%). Pendimethalin applied PRE followed by acifluorfen applied early postemergence (EPOST) provided similar control. Glyphosate alone applied late postemergence (LPOST) provided complete control (100%), and pendimethalin followed by glyphosate applied EPOST controlled smellmelon at least 95%. Most herbicides increased soybean yield over the nontreated check.

Type
Research
Copyright
Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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