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Comparison of Glyphosate with Other Herbicides for Weed Control in Corn (Zea mays): Efficacy and Economics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Jason A. Ferrell
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40526
William W. Witt*
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40526
*
Corresponding author's E-mail: wwitt@uky.uga

Abstract

Glyphosate was compared with other commonly used corn herbicides at three locations in Kentucky in 1998 and 1999. Sequential glyphosate treatments provided greater than 87% control of common cocklebur, ivyleaf morningglory, common lambsquarters, and giant ragweed. Control of these species with glyphosate treatments was similar to the control with atrazine plus other postemergence (POST) herbicides. Generally, treatments containing s-triazines and chloracetamides applied to the soil surface were not as effective as sequential glyphosate or atrazine plus POST herbicides. Corn yield was not significantly different at any location or for any year, whereas differences in net return occurred at one location in 1998.

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Research
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Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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