Reduced plant population in glyphosate-resistant soybean [Glycine max (L) Merr.] may influence the critical time of herbicide application. Field studies were conducted in 2007 and 2008 at two locations in Kentucky to determine the effect of four weed control programs on soybean seed yield, seed quality, crop canopy, and weed pressure when planted at three densities - 185,000, 309,000, and 432,000 plants ha-1. Plots were treated with glyphosate at either 3 weeks after planting (WAP), 5 WAP, 7 WAP, 3 & 7 WAP, representing common weed control protocols within the state. No differences in seed yield were discovered between plant densities in two of four siteyears. 254,500 plants ha-1 was sufficient for maximum yields in all site-years and was also sufficient to achieve maximum canopy amongst those populations tested in the study. Sequential applications at 3 and 7 WAP provided the highest seed yield, while the 5 WAP and 7 WAP application timings were generally the single applications that allowed for the highest yield and canopy closure, along with the highest visual estimate of weeds controlled. Plant density did not influence the critical period for weed control.

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Bibliography: leaves 185-200. / xvi, 200 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / The herbicides norflurazon, oxadiazon, oxyfluoren, trifluralin and simazine used in South Australian viticulture were assessed for mobility and degradation through a combination of laboratory and field experiments. Sorption, leaching and dissipation rates were measured, as was presence in shallow groundwater. The fate of herbicides from vine to wine was also investigated, tests being conducted on herbicide residue in both white and red grapes and presence in wine. A proposal for good environmental management of herbicide use in vineyards to minimise the effects of herbicides was also developed. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Environmental Science and Management, 2000

Bibliography: leaves 185-200. / xvi, 200 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / The herbicides norflurazon, oxadiazon, oxyfluoren, trifluralin and simazine used in South Australian viticulture were assessed for mobility and degradation through a combination of laboratory and field experiments. Sorption, leaching and dissipation rates were measured, as was presence in shallow groundwater. The fate of herbicides from vine to wine was also investigated, tests being conducted on herbicide residue in both white and red grapes and presence in wine. A proposal for good environmental management of herbicide use in vineyards to minimise the effects of herbicides was also developed. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Environmental Science and Management, 2000

Invasive plants cause ecosystem degradation throughout the world, including the reduction of native plant density and diversity, and changes in ecosystem structure and function. Woody weeds often grow faster than native species and in invaded habitats produce larger and/or more seed and outshade other mid- and under-storey species. Boneseed Chrysanthemoides monilifera ssp. monilifera (L.) T. Norl. has caused the degradation of many temperate woodlands in Australia and has not yet reached its full potential distribution in this country. The control of this weed is therefore a high priority in Australia. Biological control agents have not controlled boneseed populations to date and no detailed integrated control strategies exist for different densities of mature boneseed plants and soil seed banks in native vegetation of varying levels of degradation. Fire, herbicides and manual plant removal have previously been used to control boneseed; however, substantial landscape scale control has not yet been achieved. Boneseed population control experiments were undertaken in two temperate woodlands in Victoria, Australia. In highly degraded temperate grassy woodlands at the You Yangs Regional Park west of Melbourne in Victoria and in a highly diverse native closed woodland at Arthurs Seat State Park in south-eastern Victoria. Several combinations of the weed control techniques of fire, herbicide application, hand-pulling of seedlings and distribution of competitive native grasses were found to control both mature boneseed populations and the large reserves of viable boneseed seeds in the soil. The efficacy of controlled burning, and the combination and timing of control techniques were found to vary according to differing densities of boneseed plants, viable soil seed banks and post-fire emergent seedlings. Where sufficient fine fuel existed, a warm, even, autumn burn consumed above ground biomass, killed the majority of viable boneseed seed in the soil, and caused the remaining boneseed seed to germinate. Spraying with glyphosate herbicide was as effective as metsulfuron-methyl herbicide for killing boneseed seedlings along with the secondary climbing weed Billardiera heterophylla (Lindl.) L.W.Cayzer & Crisp after fire. However, the use of glyphosate also killed all native species, resulting in bare ground. After fire in species rich vegetation, boneseed was eliminated where seed of the native C3 grass Poa sieberiana Spreng. had been broadcast onto the post fire ash-bed, and seedlings had been sprayed five months after the burn or where seedlings had been sprayed 12 months after burning. Boneseed control occurred when seedlings were sprayed five months after the burn. In degraded vegetation few boneseed seedlings remained where seedlings were sprayed 17 months after fire. Where insufficient rainfall occurred, hand-pulling flowering boneseed seedlings prevented new seed fall for 6 to 12 months. Suggestions are made for the integration of these methods with the establishment and proliferation of biological control agents. A new protocol for utilising several integrated control strategies for boneseed and other woody weeds in a mosaic at both the site and landscape scale is described. A mosaic would allow for a variety of native species responses to fire and other control methods and thus lead to heterogeneous ages and structures within the native vegetation following weed control. / http://proxy.library.adelaide.edu.au/login?url= http://library.adelaide.edu.au/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=1457770 / Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Adelaide, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, 2009

[Truncated abstract] With the rapid development of multiple herbicide resistant weeds in crops, it is likely that an important role now exists for new grazing management strategies in farming systems to provide an integrated approach to weed management. In this thesis we examined the general hypothesis that sowing a legume of low preference by sheep relative to the target weeds of crops would improve the control of those weeds in a grazed pasture. To test this general hypothesis, legumes of low preference by Merino sheep were identified and a series of experiments conducted to determine the effect on pasture composition when these less preferred legumes were incorporated into a grazed pasture. We found a learned response that altered forage preference by sheep was important in determining the effectiveness of grazing to reduce seed set by weeds of crops. Investigations on this aspect of the grazing behaviour of sheep were a key part of this thesis. The short-term relative preference of Merino hoggets among 15 pasture legumes, 4 grain legumes and annual ryegrass was determined by offering adjacent monocultures of each of the forage genotypes to the sheep. The relative preference of the hoggets for each of the 20 forages was determined at three phases of plant growth from estimates of the amount of forage consumed. Sheep showed a low selective preference for Vetch (Vicia sativa L.), chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.), biserrula (Biserrula pelecinus L.), lotus (Lotus ornithopodioides L.) and snail medic (Medicago scutellata L.) cvs. Kelson and Sava at the vegetative phase of plant growth. An indoor method was also developed to test the relative preference of sheep among forages growing in pots. Using this method chickpea and snail medic, but not biserrula, were found to have a low relative preference by sheep at the vegetative phase.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:28:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2007-02-05Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:58:38Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 carbonari_ca_me_botfca.pdf: 2020066 bytes, checksum: 543976b2b8888c3c6c66975a6d66c2fb (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Os herbicidas aplicados em pré-emergência em cana-crua tem como principais limitações a retenção parcial dos produtos na palha (mesmo após chuvas) e a dependência de chuvas após a aplicação para que o herbicida atinja o solo. Para minimizar estas limitações, foi desenvolvido um sistema de aplicação de herbicidas adaptado à colhedora de modo que as operações de colheita e aplicação do herbicida fossem feitas simultaneamente. A aplicação ocorre entre o sistema de coleta e o lançador de palha da colhedora, atingindo o solo e sendo coberto pela palhada. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a eficácia do herbicida amicarbazone, aplicado em operação conjunta com a colheita mecanizada da cana-de-açúcar, no controle das principais plantas daninhas da cultura em diferentes épocas de aplicação. Os experimentos foram conduzidos em áreas de cana-crua das Usina Ferrari, nos municípios de Porto Ferreira/SP e Santa Cruz das Palmeiras/SP e Usina Dedini, no município de Tambau/SP. Foram conduzidos cinco experimentos, em diferentes épocas, sendo realizadas aplicações nos dias 27 de junho, 31 de agosto, 03 de outubro, 20 de outubro e 23 de novembro, no ano de 2005. As parcelas experimentais foram constituídas de cinco linhas de cana-de-açúcar espaçadas em 1,5 m, com 8,0 e 11,0 m de comprimento (para a primeira e as demais épocas de aplicação, respectivamente), com 1 m de corredor frontal e 3 m de corredores laterais, com quatro repetições. As espécies Ipomoea grandifolia (Dammer) O Donell, Ipomoea quamoclit L., Ipomoea nil (L.) Roth., Merremia cissoides (Lam.) Hall.f., Euphorbia heterophylla L., Bidens pilosa L., Brachiaria decumbens Stapf, Panicum maximum Jacq e Digitaria spp foram semeadas nas parcelas para garantir as infestações e testar o desempenho do herbicida. Os tratamentos testados foram... / The application of pre-emergence herbicides in sugarcane harvested without burning the leaves is limited by the retention of the compounds by the mulch set up after the harvest and having 5 to 20 t of dry matter ha-1. To avoid this limitation, it was developed an application system set up with a magnetic speed sensor, a tank of 200L in capacity, an eletric pump coupled to a flow regulator and a boom, with two nozzles, wide enough to treat one row of the crop. This equipment mounted on the harvester allowed applying the herbicide over the soil surface before the sugarcane residues were deposited on the soil surface by the backside of the harvester. The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of the amicarbazone applied by a sprayer mounted on a sugarcane harvester to control weeds. The herbicide was also conventionally sprayed over the soil (without mulch) and over the mulch (after the harvest) in five application timings (June 27, august 31, october 03 and 20 and november 23) and locations of São Paulo State - Brazil. Two treatments without the application of the herbicide (with or without the mulch) were also set up to referee the efficacy evaluations. Each plot corresponded to 5 lines of the crop lengthening 8-11 m. The experiments were set up with four replications. Ipomoea grandifolia, Ipomoea nil, Ipomoea quamoclit, Merremia cissoides, Euphorbia heterophylla, Bidens pilosa, Brachiaria decumbens, Panicum maximum and Digitaria spp were seeded in the plots to improve the precision of the efficacy evaluations. The herbicide amicarbazone was applied at the rate of 1050 g. ha-1. For P. maximum and Digitaria spp. when applied in the dry season (June 27 and august 31) highest efficacy levels were observed on the plots applied by the equipment set up in the harvester. The application of amicarbazone over... (Complete abstract, click electronic access below)

The thesis contains various methods of regulating dangerous weeds occurring on arable land in the cover of oilseed. It also contains a brief description of how the actual oilseed (Brassica spp.), as well as various weeds that are widespread in oilseed covers. The actual work took place at the at the School Farm the Agricultural Technical School in Tábor. A small-plot experiment was conducted here. The evaluation of the frequency of weed occurrence n the selected experimental plots was conducted in two varieties of oilseed and two hybrid varieties of oilseed. The findings of different varieties were compared. At the conclusion of the actual work, the thesis includes economic evaluation and the proposed measures.

Weeds currently represent a constant risk to the crop plants. They are able to either suppress the development of a crop plant in the initial period of its growth or to hinder and even make the harvest impossible due to its stand density at the end of the vegetative phase before the harvest. Perennial weeds rank among very noxious weeds. They are highly resistant and able to adapt to the used control measures. The character of the crop plants itself and the applied agronomic practices determine the occurrence of different weed species. For this reason, the question of how to deal with weeds still remains crucial. The diploma thesis is focused on the occurrence and the harmful effects of selected weeds in two Maize hybrids (Zea mays). The incidence of weeds and the effect of herbicides on those weeds were monitored within an experiment conducted on a small plot of land. The following weed plants occurred: Couch-grass (Elytrigia repens L.), Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense L.), Barnyard grass (Echinochloa crus-galli L.), Scentless mayweed (Tripleurospermum inodorum L.), Goosegrass (Galium aparine L.) etc. The aim of the thesis is to expand knowledge of the use of different weed control methods in Maize. Recommendations on the use of those methods in agriculture shall be suggested.

Damages, which weeds caused annually are difficult to quantify and its negative influence manifests annually in all crops and all fields.Chemical weed control is presently considered an important method for controlling weeds. The essence of chemical pest weeds consists in the use of herbicides to reduce weed species population under the economic threshold of harmfulness. In an effort to control weed populations using three methods: mechanical, chemical and biological. In the thesis was mapped weeds in potatoes on private land in Plasná, district of Jindřichův Hradec in region of South Bohemia. In the practical part of this thesis, I conducted an experiment that was aimed at monitoring the effects of selected herbicides in crops of potatoes. The aim of the experiment was to verify the effects of herbicides on the population most frequently occurring weeds in the root crops. The results showed that the herbicide is more effective for preemergence weed monitored. Assessment of weed infestation was carried out numerical method (ANOVA, Tukey = 0,05) in the ARM 8 (GyllingDataManage ment, Inc.) Spring 2013 - Fall 2013.