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Yellow Nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus) Competition and Control in Corn (Zea mays)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

E. W. Stoller ,
L. M. Wax  and
F. W. Slife
E. W. Stoller
Affiliation:
Dep., Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801
L. M. Wax
Affiliation:
Dep., Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801
F. W. Slife
Affiliation:
Dep., Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801
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Abstract

Competition of yellow nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus L.) with corn (Zea mays L.) was evaluated in the field at various yellow nutsedge densities over a 3-yr period. A relationship between yellow nutsedge density (shoots/m2) and percentage yield reduction revealed an 8% yield reduction for every 100 shoots/m2. Two 3-yr studies were conducted to determine the most effective combination of preplant-incorporated, postemergence, or postemergence-directed treatments for yellow nutsedge control in corn. The preplant incorporated treatments were alachlor [2-chloro-2′,6′-diethyl-N-(methoxymethyl)acetanilide], EPTC (S-ethyl dipropylthiocarbamate), or nothing; postemergence treatments were bentazon [3-isopropyl-1H-2,1,3-benzothiadiazin-(4) 3H-one 2,2-dioxide], two cultivations, or nothing; and the postemergence-directed treatments were ametryn [2-(ethylamino)-4-(isopropylamino)-6-(methylthio)-s-triazine] or nothing. One preplant-incorporated treatment of EPTC or alachlor prevented yield reductions from yellow nutsedge competition. When no control was practiced, yields were reduced 17% in a moderate yellow nutsedge infestation (initially infested with 300 tubers/m2) and 41% in a heavy infestation (initially infested with 1200 tubers/m2). Yields were reduced 7 to 8% in the moderate infestation when no preplant-incorporated treatments were used regardless of whether postemergence or postemergence-directed treatments were also used. After 1 yr, all control measures resulted in less tuber density than no control measures, but all control treatments had essentially similar tuber densities. After the second year, several herbicide treatments were as effective as hand weeding in reducing tuber density. At least 2 yr of effective control treatments were required to reduce tubers to 20% of the original density, and 3 yr of treatment to reduce the density to 15% of the original density. No combination of treatments, including hand weeding, eliminated tubers after 3 yr.

Keywords

AlachlorbentazonEPTCcultural controltuberpreplant incorporation
Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , January 1979 , pp. 32 - 37
Copyright
Copyright © 1979 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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