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Palmer Amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) Control in a Conservation Tillage System for Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

J. Wayne Keeling
Affiliation:
Tex. Agric. Exp. Stn., Lubbock, TX 79401
Kerry T. Siders
Affiliation:
Tex. Agric. Exp. Stn., Lubbock, TX 79401
John R. Abernathy
Affiliation:
Tex. Agric. Exp. Stn., Lubbock, TX 79401

Abstract

Weed control is a limiting factor for adoption of conservation tillage systems on the Texas Southern High Plains. A field study was established to evaluate Palmer amaranth control with strip-tillage dinitroaniline herbicide incorporation in wheat residue. Preemergence herbicides were applied alone and in combination with strip-tilled incorporated herbicides. Significant cotton injury or stand reductions were not observed with any treatment. Effective (>80%) early season Palmer amaranth control was achieved with trifluralin or pendimethalin in conjunction with preemergence herbicides. Preemergence herbicides alone did not provide adequate control.

Type
Research
Copyright
Copyright © 1990 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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