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Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

2022

Cover crop

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Fall-Planted Cover Crops For Weed Suppression In Western Kansas, S. Dhanda, V. Kumar, A. K. Obour, A. Dille, J. D. Holman Jan 2022

Fall-Planted Cover Crops For Weed Suppression In Western Kansas, S. Dhanda, V. Kumar, A. K. Obour, A. Dille, J. D. Holman

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

The widespread evolution of herbicide-resistant (HR) kochia and Palmer amaranth warrants the use of alternative ecological-based strategies for weed management in no-tillage (NT) dryland cropping systems in western Kansas. A field study was established in the fall of 2020 at Kansas State University Agricultural Research Center near Hays, KS, to determine the impact of fall-planted cover crop (CC) mixture on 1) kochia and Palmer amaranth suppression (density and biomass reduction), and 2) Palmer amaranth emergence dynamics in subsequent grain sorghum. A CC mixture of winter triticale, winter pea, radish, and rapeseed was planted in wheat stubble in the fall of …