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1 January 2011 Evaluation of Cereal and Brassicaceae Cover Crops in Conservation-Tillage, Enhanced, Glyphosate-Resistant Cotton
Jason K. Norsworthy, Marilyn McClelland, Griff Griffith, Sanjeev K. Bangarwa, Joshua Still
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Abstract

Research was conducted for 2 yr at Marianna, AR, to determine whether the fall-planted cover crops rye, wheat, turnip, and a blend of brown and white mustard (Caliente) would aid weed management programs in conservation-tilled, enhanced, glyphosate-resistant cotton. Wheat and rye easily were established both years and turnip and mustard blend stands were better in the second year. The cover crops alone were more suppressive of Palmer amaranth, pitted morningglory, and goosegrass in 2007 than in 2008. Rye was generally superior to wheat in suppressing the three evaluated weeds. Once herbicides were applied, there were seldom differences among cover crops for a particular herbicide program as a result of the highly efficacious herbicide programs. Cotton yields were not affected by wheat, rye, or the mustard blend, but yields were lowest in plots that followed turnip both years, possibly because of allelopathy. Integration of cover crops, especially cereals, into conservation-tilled, glyphosate-resistant cotton aided early-season weed management and could reduce the selection of glyphosate for herbicide resistance.

Nomenclature: Goosegrass, Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn. ELEIN; Palmer amaranth, Amaranthus palmeri S. Wats AMAPA; pitted morningglory, Ipomoea lacunosa L. IPOLA; brown mustard, Brassica juncea (L.) Czern.; cotton, Gossypium hirsutum L; rye, Secale cereale L.; turnip, Brassica rapa L., wheat, Triticum aestivum L.; white mustard, Sinapis alba L

Jason K. Norsworthy, Marilyn McClelland, Griff Griffith, Sanjeev K. Bangarwa, and Joshua Still "Evaluation of Cereal and Brassicaceae Cover Crops in Conservation-Tillage, Enhanced, Glyphosate-Resistant Cotton," Weed Technology 25(1), 6-13, (1 January 2011). https://doi.org/10.1614/WT-D-10-00040.1
Received: 9 March 2010; Accepted: 1 July 2010; Published: 1 January 2011
KEYWORDS
conservation tillage
Cover crop
herbicides
mulch effect
reduced tillage
weed control
weed suppression
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