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1 July 2017 Effect of Seeding Rate on Dose Response of Wild Mustard (Sinapis arvensis) to Fluthiacet-Methyl
Collen Redlick, Hema S. N. Duddu, Lena D. Syrovy, Christian J. Willenborg, Eric N. Johnson, Steven J. Shirtliffe
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Abstract

Concern over the development of herbicide-resistant weeds has led to interest in integrated weed management systems that reduce selection pressure by utilizing mechanical and cultural weed control practices in addition to herbicides. Increasing crop seeding rate increases crop competitive ability and thus can enhance herbicide efficacy. However, it is unknown how increasing the seeding rate affects an herbicide's efficacy. The objective of this study was to examine the interaction between increasing seeding rate and herbicide dose to control weeds. To meet this objective, the herbicide fluthiacet-methyl was applied to field-grown lentil, with Indian mustard, a proxy for wild mustard, used as a model weed. The experiment was a factorial design with four lentil seeding rates and seven herbicide rates. Overall the herbicide dose response was altered by changing lentil seeding rate. Increasing lentil seeding rate decreased the weed biomass production when herbicides were not applied. In two of the four site-years, increasing lentil seeding rate lowered the herbicide ED50, the dose required to result in a 50% reduction in weed biomass. Increasing the crop seeding rate altered the dose response to provide greater weed control at lower herbicide rates compared with normal crop seeding rates. Increased seeding rates also resulted in higher and more stable crop seed yields across a wider range of herbicide dosages. These results suggest that dose—response models can be used to evaluate the efficacy of other weed management practices that can interact with herbicide performance.

Nomenclature: Fluthiacet-methyl; Indian mustard, Brassica juncea (L.) Czern.; wild mustard, Sinapis arvensis L., SINA; lentil, Lens culinaris Medik.

© Weed Science Society of America, 2017
Collen Redlick, Hema S. N. Duddu, Lena D. Syrovy, Christian J. Willenborg, Eric N. Johnson, and Steven J. Shirtliffe "Effect of Seeding Rate on Dose Response of Wild Mustard (Sinapis arvensis) to Fluthiacet-Methyl," Weed Science 65(4), 525-533, (1 July 2017). https://doi.org/10.1017/wsc.2017.9
Received: 16 December 2016; Accepted: 1 March 2017; Published: 1 July 2017
KEYWORDS
Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)
canola (Brassica napus L.)
Dose—response curve
herbicide efficacy
integrated weed management
resistant weed
seeding rate
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