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Publication Type:
| Refereed |
Author(s): | Robocker, W. C.;
Canode, C. L. |
Author Affiliation: | Research Agronomists, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington |
Title: | Control of witchgrass in fields of seedling Kentucky bluegrass |
Source: | Agronomy Journal. Vol. 69, No. 3, May/June 1977, p. 455-457. |
Publishing Information: | Madison, WI: American Society of Agronomy |
# of Pages: | 3 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Panicum capillare; Poa pratensis; Herbicide trials; MSMA; Seedling emergence; Weed control; Competition; Selective herbicides; Seed yield; Seed production
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Abstract/Contents: | "Competition by witchgrass (Panicum capillare L.) in newly planted fields of Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.) reduces vigor and stand of bluegrass seedlings and may significantly reduce seed yields the first harvest year. In some years a seeding may be lost. Control of witchgrass during seedbed preparation is impossible because bluegrass is a cool-season grass that should be planted early, particularly in non-irrigated areas, while witchgrass is a warm-season species that emerges 3 to 4 week after bluegrass. Use of selective herbicides is thus the only feasible means of controlling witchgrass. In a preliminary screening trial of 10 herbicides, only MSMA (monosodium methanearsonate) showed acceptable selectivity. MSMA at rates ranging from 0.6 to 5.6 kg/ha was applied on irrigated Kentucky bluegrass seedings in a Typic Haploxeroll (Garrison gravelly loam) soil. Witchgrass seedlings ranged from two to four leaves through six to ten tillers of growth, and bluegrass development was from one to two leaves through five to seven tillers. Three consecutive years of replicated field trials showed that seed yields tended to increase with increasing control of witchgrass. Treatment with 3.4 to 5.6 kg/ha of MSMA when witchgrass had begun rapid growth (more than two tillers) provided excellent control of witchgrass with no injury to Kentucky bluegrass seedlings." |
Language: | English |
References: | 5 |
Note: | Pictures, b/w Tables |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Robocker, W. C., and C. L. Canode. 1977. Control of witchgrass in fields of seedling Kentucky bluegrass. Agron. J. 69(3):p. 455-457. |
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