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Palmer Amaranth (Amaranthus Palmeri) Suppression With Half Rates Of Dicamba And Atrazine With Increasing Sorghum (Sorghum Bicolor) Density And Nitrogen Rate, I. B. Cuvaca, R. Currie, A. J. Foster Jun 2017

Palmer Amaranth (Amaranthus Palmeri) Suppression With Half Rates Of Dicamba And Atrazine With Increasing Sorghum (Sorghum Bicolor) Density And Nitrogen Rate, I. B. Cuvaca, R. Currie, A. J. Foster

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

Palmer amaranth (PA) competition can result in severe yield loss in grain sorghum. Increasing sorghum density and nutrient supply could promote early/rapid canopy closure and therefore reduce the amount of light that could otherwise penetrate the canopy and promote PA growth in sorghum. A study was conducted at the Southwest Research-Extension Center near Garden City, KS, to determine if PA could be suppressed with dicamba and atrazine applied as PRE at half rates combined with increasing sorghum density (60,000, 90,000, and 120,000 seeds/a), and nitrogen rate (0, 100, 200 lb/a). Preliminary results indicate that increasing plant density and nitrogen rate …


Atrazine, Clarity, Verdict, And Armezon Pro Application Timings For Weed Control In Fallow, R. Currie, P. Geier Jan 2017

Atrazine, Clarity, Verdict, And Armezon Pro Application Timings For Weed Control In Fallow, R. Currie, P. Geier

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

A study was initiated near Garden City, KS, in 2016, comparing the weed control of several herbicide treatments and their time of application in fallow. A single application of Clarity (dicamba) and atrazine applied on March 3, 2016, did not provide more than 93% control of kochia, Russian thistle, and Palmer amaranth on June 9. All other treatments provided 95% or greater control at the evaluation conducted June 9. Three applications were needed to provide 90% or greater control of all three species through July 6.


Armezon Pro, Status, Verdict, Glyphosate, Zidua, And Atrazine For Sequential Weed Control In Glyphosate-Resistant Corn, R. Currie, P. Geier Jan 2017

Armezon Pro, Status, Verdict, Glyphosate, Zidua, And Atrazine For Sequential Weed Control In Glyphosate-Resistant Corn, R. Currie, P. Geier

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

A study was initiated near Garden City, KS, in 2016, comparing the weed control of several herbicide treatments applied sequentially in irrigated corn. Kochia control was 95% or more with all treatments at 1 day after late postemergence application (1 DALP) and 100% regardless of treatment at 63 days after late postemergence application (63 DALP). Palmer amaranth and green foxtail control was 98 to 100% and 83 to 93%, respectively, with all preemergence treatments at 1 DALP. A second late postemergence application was needed to achieve 100% control of Palmer amaranth and green foxtail 63 DALP. The single early postemergence …


Sequential Weed Control Programs In Liberty Link Soybeans, D. E. Peterson, C. Thompson, C. L. Minihan Jan 2017

Sequential Weed Control Programs In Liberty Link Soybeans, D. E. Peterson, C. Thompson, C. L. Minihan

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

The development of glyphosate-resistant weeds has greatly complicated weed control in soybeans. Liberty Link soybeans provide growers an alternative herbicide option for postemergence weed control in soybeans. Liberty Link programs can provide effective weed control in a sequential weed-control program that includes effective preemergence residual herbicides at planting time followed by timely applications of Liberty.


Comparison Of Different Weed Control Technology Programs, D. E. Peterson, C. Thompson, C. L. Minihan Jan 2017

Comparison Of Different Weed Control Technology Programs, D. E. Peterson, C. Thompson, C. L. Minihan

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

The development of glyphosate-resistant weeds has greatly complicated weed control in soybeans. Roundup Ready 2 Xtend and Liberty Link soybeans provide an alternative postemergence herbicide options for weed control in soybeans. Liberty Link and Roundup Ready 2 Xtend programs provided better overall weed control and slightly higher yields than Roundup Ready 2 Yield programs in this experiment. Yields of Roundup Ready 2 Yield soybeans were likely influenced by more weed competition and possibly crop injury from spray tank contamination by dicamba. Dicamba injury from tank contamination to Roundup Ready 2 Yield soybeans decreased with each subsequent treatment and also with …


Clarity, Laudis, Diflexx Duo, Atrazine, And Glyphosate For Efficacy In Corn, R. Currie, P. Geier Jan 2017

Clarity, Laudis, Diflexx Duo, Atrazine, And Glyphosate For Efficacy In Corn, R. Currie, P. Geier

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

A study was initiated near Garden City, KS, in 2016 comparing the weed control of several herbicide treatments in irrigated corn. Control of quinoa, Russian thistle, and kochia was excellent with all herbicide treatments, and late-season control of common sunflower was 100% with all treatments except for those applied preemergence alone. Most treatments controlled green foxtail 95% or more, except Corvus (isoxaflutole + thiencarbazone) plus atrazine preemergence, or the early postemergence (EPOST) treatments containing Liberty 280 (glufosinate). Liberty 280 severely injured the non- Liberty Link corn in this trial, but all other herbicide-treated corn yielded 21 to 45 bu/a more …


Preemergence And Post-Harvest Kochia Control In Wheat, R. Currie, P. Geier Jan 2017

Preemergence And Post-Harvest Kochia Control In Wheat, R. Currie, P. Geier

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

A study was initiated near Garden City, KS, in 2016, comparing the weed control of several herbicide treatments applied preemergence and post-harvest for kochia control in wheat. Clarity (dicamba) with any premix partner applied preemergence provided less than 30% kochia control at evaluations conducted on July 25 and August 12, 2016. The addition of glyphosate plus Distinct (dicamba + diflufenzopyr) postemergence increased control 45 to 66% compared to preemergence treatments alone on July 25 and August 12. However, all treatments receiving a postemergence application controlled kochia similarly on August 12.


Kochiavore At Three Rates With Several Adjuvants For Postemergence Fallow Weed Control, R. Currie, P. Geier Jan 2017

Kochiavore At Three Rates With Several Adjuvants For Postemergence Fallow Weed Control, R. Currie, P. Geier

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

No abstract provided.


Resicore And Glyphosate Application Timings In Corn, R. Currie, P. Geier Jan 2017

Resicore And Glyphosate Application Timings In Corn, R. Currie, P. Geier

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

A study was initiated near Garden City, KS, in 2016, comparing the weed control of several herbicide treatments in irrigated corn. All treatments provided excellent, season-long control of kochia, Russian thistle, Palmer amaranth and green foxtail. Herbicide-treated corn yielded 219 to 235 bu/a, which was 86 to 102 bu/a more than nontreated corn; however, no differences in yield occurred among herbicide treatments.


Weed Control Programs For Xtend Soybeans In No-Tillage, D. E. Peterson, C. Thompson, C. L. Minihan Jan 2017

Weed Control Programs For Xtend Soybeans In No-Tillage, D. E. Peterson, C. Thompson, C. L. Minihan

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

The development of glyphosate-resistant weeds has greatly complicated weed control in soybeans. Roundup Ready 2 Xtend (dicamba tolerant) soybeans provide growers an alternative herbicide option for preplant and postemergence weed control in no-tillage soybeans. Preplant programs that included dicamba provided excellent control of giant ragweed. All sequential programs provided excellent control of the weeds present in the experiment.


Balance Pro, Atrazine, Autumn Super, Corvus, Sencor, Authority, And Banvel For Preemergence Kochia Control In Fallow, R. Currie, P. Geier Jan 2017

Balance Pro, Atrazine, Autumn Super, Corvus, Sencor, Authority, And Banvel For Preemergence Kochia Control In Fallow, R. Currie, P. Geier

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

A study was initiated near Garden City, KS, in 2016 comparing kochia control of several herbicide treatments and their time of application in fallow. Spring applications of five tank mixes containing the active ingredient isoxaflutole provided greater than 92% control of kochia. Fall applications of similar tank mixes provided from 78 to 84% control. Tank mixes of atrazine and dicamba applied in the spring provided only 89% control.


Two Pass Weed Control Programs In Conventional Tillage Xtend Soybeans, D. E. Peterson, C. Thompson, C. L. Minihan Jan 2017

Two Pass Weed Control Programs In Conventional Tillage Xtend Soybeans, D. E. Peterson, C. Thompson, C. L. Minihan

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

The development of glyphosate-resistant weeds has greatly complicated weed control in soybeans. Roundup Ready 2 Xtend (dicamba tolerant) soybeans provide growers an alternative herbicide option for postemergence weed control in conventional tillage soybeans. Two pass programs consisting of preemergence residual herbicides followed by postemergence Roundup Power Max plus dicamba provided excellent weed control, superior to a single postemergence treatment with Roundup Power Max plus dicamba.


Rates Of Armezon Pro For Postemergence Weed Control In Fallow, R. Currie, P. Geier Jan 2017

Rates Of Armezon Pro For Postemergence Weed Control In Fallow, R. Currie, P. Geier

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

A study was initiated near Garden City, KS, in 2016, comparing the weed control of several tank mixes of Armezon in fallow. Control of kochia and Russian thistle generally increased as Armezon Pro (topramezone + dimethenamid) rates increased from 14 to 20 oz/a. Although these herbicides injured the weeds present, smaller weeds will need to be targeted for effective control. The population of kochia was too thick and the size of the weeds was too large to allow enough coverage for this product to work under the conditions of this trial. The level of tissue damage suggests that further testing …


Sequential Weed Control Programs In No-Tillage Xtend Soybeans, D. E. Peterson, C. Thompson, C. L. Minihan Jan 2017

Sequential Weed Control Programs In No-Tillage Xtend Soybeans, D. E. Peterson, C. Thompson, C. L. Minihan

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

The development of glyphosate resistant weeds has greatly complicated weed control in soybeans. Roundup Ready 2 Xtend (dicamba tolerant) soybeans provide growers an alternative herbicide option for preplant and postemergence weed control in soybeans. Preplant programs that included dicamba provided excellent control of giant ragweed. Sequential programs consisting of Envive or Enlite plus glyphosate and dicamba preplant followed by postemergence treatments that included glyphosate and dicamba provided excellent control of henbit, giant ragweed, Palmer amaranth, and large crabgrass.


Effects Of Growing-Season Prescribed Burning On Vigor Of Sericea Lespedeza In The Kansas Flint Hills: Ii. Plant-Species Composition, J. A. Alexander, W. H. Fick, J. Lemmon, G. A. Gatson, G. W. Preedy, K C. Olson Jan 2017

Effects Of Growing-Season Prescribed Burning On Vigor Of Sericea Lespedeza In The Kansas Flint Hills: Ii. Plant-Species Composition, J. A. Alexander, W. H. Fick, J. Lemmon, G. A. Gatson, G. W. Preedy, K C. Olson

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

Fire has, for centuries, been a key force for sustainability of native ecosystems in the Kansas Flint Hills. Prior to the arrival of European settlers, prescribed and wild fires occurred at less than 3-year intervals in the tallgrass prairie region. As a result, native tallgrass plant communities adapted to fire at regular intervals and plant-species composition became stable on a geologic time scale.
Currently, prescribed fire is used in the Kansas Flint Hills as a treatment for control of woody-stemmed invasive species such as eastern red cedar, honey locust, and roughleaf dogwood. These fires are generally applied in March and …


Winter And Early Spring Herbicides For Kochia Control In Fallow, R. Currie, P. Geier Jan 2017

Winter And Early Spring Herbicides For Kochia Control In Fallow, R. Currie, P. Geier

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

A study was initiated near Garden City, KS, in fall of 2015 and spring of 2016 comparing the weed control of several herbicide treatments and their time of application for kochia control in fallow. All herbicide treatments applied in December 2015 provided 99 or 100% kochia control in early spring. However, control declined to less than 60% with these treatments by June 8, 2016. Spring-applied herbicides were generally more efficacious than winter-applied herbicides on June 8, with the best control from treatments of Clarity (dicamba) plus atrazine with or without Zidua (pyroxasulfone) (88 to 89%).


Single And Sequential Applications Of Anthem Maxx, Solstice, Acuron, Balance Flexx, Corvus, Halex Gt, Verdict, Sharpen, Glyphosate, And Atrazine In Irrigated Corn, R. Currie, P. Geier Jan 2017

Single And Sequential Applications Of Anthem Maxx, Solstice, Acuron, Balance Flexx, Corvus, Halex Gt, Verdict, Sharpen, Glyphosate, And Atrazine In Irrigated Corn, R. Currie, P. Geier

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

A study was initiated near Garden City, KS, in 2016, comparing the weed control of several herbicide treatments and their sequential application for weed control in irrigated corn. Quinoa and common sunflower control was excellent. All sequential herbicide treatments provided excellent control of kochia, velvetleaf, Palmer amaranth, and green foxtail. Single applications at the V4 stage, although still good, showed a reduced level of Palmer amaranth and green foxtail control compared to sequential treatments.


Efficacy Of Preplant And Early Postemergence Herbicides In Corn, R. Currie, P. Geier Jan 2017

Efficacy Of Preplant And Early Postemergence Herbicides In Corn, R. Currie, P. Geier

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

A study was initiated near Garden City, KS, in 2016, comparing the weed control of several herbicide treatments applied sequentially for weed control in irrigated corn. Acuron (metolachlor + atrazine + mesotrione + bicyclopyrone), Clarity (dicamba), Corvus (isoxaflutole + thiencarbazone), Halex GT (metolachlor + glyphosate + mesotrione), and Lumax EZ (metolachlor + atrazine + mesotrione) were compared when combined at various ratios and timings. All combinations gave similar levels of weed control, allowing a producer to compare these tank mixes head-to-head based on prices alone.


Postemergence Weed Control With Diflexx, Diflexx Duo, Capreno, And Atrazine In Corn Resistant To Glufosinate And Glyphosate, R. Currie, P. Geier Jan 2017

Postemergence Weed Control With Diflexx, Diflexx Duo, Capreno, And Atrazine In Corn Resistant To Glufosinate And Glyphosate, R. Currie, P. Geier

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

A study was initiated near Garden City, KS, in 2016, comparing the weed control of several postemergence herbicide treatments in irrigated corn. Control of kochia, Palmer amaranth, and crabgrass was 96% or more effective with all herbicides at 7 days after treatment (DAT). By 62 DAT, control of these three weed species was generally best when glyphosate, atrazine, Diflexx (dicamba) or Clarity (dicamba) were included in the herbicide mixture. Although all herbicide tank mixes increased yield compared to the untreated plots, no tank mix resulted in a superior yield.


Alternatives To Glyphosate For Palmer Amaranth Control In Wheat Stubble, D. E. Peterson, C. Thompson, C. L. Minihan Jan 2017

Alternatives To Glyphosate For Palmer Amaranth Control In Wheat Stubble, D. E. Peterson, C. Thompson, C. L. Minihan

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

Glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth has become a serious weed problem in fields following wheat harvest. A field experiment was established in 2016 near Manhattan, KS, to evaluate herbicide alternatives to glyphosate for Palmer amaranth control in wheat stubble. The two most effective postharvest herbicides for control of Palmer amaranth were Gramoxone (paraquat) or Sharpen (saflufenacil). Clarity (dicamba) and 2,4-D treatments provided suppression of Palmer amaranth, but were inconsistent, and often some plants survived and produced viable seed. The tank-mix of Clarity plus 2,4-D was more effective than either herbicide alone, but not as good as Gramoxone or Sharpen.


Winter Annual Grass Control In Winter Wheat, D. E. Peterson, C. Thompson, C. L. Minihan Jan 2017

Winter Annual Grass Control In Winter Wheat, D. E. Peterson, C. Thompson, C. L. Minihan

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

Winter annual grasses can be difficult to manage in winter wheat. A field experiment was established near Manhattan, KS, in 2016 to evaluate various preemergence and postemergence herbicide treatments for control of downy brome, cheat, and feral rye. Most treatments were less effective for control of downy brome than cheat. Preemergence and fall postemergence treatments provided better downy brome control than spring postemergence treatments. All herbicide treatments evaluated provided excellent control of cheat, but postemergence treatments were slightly better than preemergence treatments. The only herbicide to control rye was Beyond, which provided better control when applied fall postemergence than spring …


Effects Of Growing-Season Prescribed Burning On Vigor Of Sericea Lespedeza In The Kansas Flint Hills: I. Suppression Of Seed Production And Canopy Dominance, J. A. Alexander, W. H. Fick, J. Lemmon, G. A. Gatson, G. W. Preedy, K C. Olson Jan 2017

Effects Of Growing-Season Prescribed Burning On Vigor Of Sericea Lespedeza In The Kansas Flint Hills: I. Suppression Of Seed Production And Canopy Dominance, J. A. Alexander, W. H. Fick, J. Lemmon, G. A. Gatson, G. W. Preedy, K C. Olson

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

Sericea lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata) is a highly fecund noxious weed in Kansas and surrounding states. Individual plants are capable of producing greater than 1,000 seeds annually. Vigorous seed production allows sericea lespedeza to rapidly infiltrate native and cultivated grasslands; seed can be transported great distances via farm machinery and the alimentary canal of wild and domestic herbivores. In Kansas alone, sericea lespedeza infests more than 700 square miles of pasture, primarily in the Flint Hills region. The resulting damage to native habitats for wildlife and pasture quality for domestic herbivores has been devastating.
The predominant grazing management practice …


Palmer Amaranth (Amaranthus Palmeri) Suppression With Half Rates Of Dicamba And Atrazine With Increasing Sorghum (Sorghum Bicolor) Density And Nitrogen Rate, I. B. Cuvaca, R. Currie, A. J. Foster Jan 2017

Palmer Amaranth (Amaranthus Palmeri) Suppression With Half Rates Of Dicamba And Atrazine With Increasing Sorghum (Sorghum Bicolor) Density And Nitrogen Rate, I. B. Cuvaca, R. Currie, A. J. Foster

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

Palmer amaranth (PA) competition can result in severe yield loss in grain sorghum. Increasing sorghum density and nutrient supply could promote early/rapid canopy closure and therefore reduce the amount of light that could otherwise penetrate the canopy and promote PA growth in sorghum. A study was conducted at the Southwest Research-Extension Center near Garden City, KS, to determine if PA could be suppressed with dicamba and atrazine applied as PRE at half rates combined with increasing sorghum density (60,000, 90,000, and 120,000 seeds/a), and nitrogen rate (0, 100, 200 lb/a). Preliminary results indicate that increasing plant density and nitrogen rate …