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1 January 2015 Influence of a Rye Cover Crop on the Critical Period for Weed Control in Cotton
Nicholas E. Korres, Jason K. Norsworthy
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Abstract

Cover crops are becoming increasingly common in cotton as a result of glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth; hence, a field experiment was conducted in 2009 and 2010 in Marianna, AR, with a rye cover crop used to determine its effects on the critical period for weed control in cotton. Throughout most of the growing season, weed biomass in the presence of a rye cover crop was lesser than that in the absence of a rye cover crop. In 2009, in weeks 2 through 7 after planting, weed biomass was reduced at least twofold in the presence of a rye cover compared with the absence of rye. In 2009, in both presence and absence of a rye cover crop, weed removal needed to begin before weed biomass was 150 g m−2, or approximately 4 wk after planting, to prevent yield loss > 5%. Weed density was less in 2010 than in 2009, so weed removal was not required until 7 wk after planting, at which point weed biomass values were 175 and 385 g m−2 in the presence and absence of a cover crop, respectively.

Nomenclature: Glyphosate, N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine; Palmer amaranth, Amaranthus palmeri (S.) Wats. AMAPA; cereal rye, Secale cereale L. ‘Wrens Abruzzi’; cotton, Gossypium hirsutum L. ‘Stoneville 4554 B2RF’.

Weed Science Society of America
Nicholas E. Korres and Jason K. Norsworthy "Influence of a Rye Cover Crop on the Critical Period for Weed Control in Cotton," Weed Science 63(1), 346-352, (1 January 2015). https://doi.org/10.1614/WS-D-14-00075.1
Received: 13 May 2014; Accepted: 1 October 2014; Published: 1 January 2015
KEYWORDS
Cereal rye cover
cover crops
cultural weed control
nonchemical weed control
residue cover
weed suppression
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