Sugar feeding by parasitoids inside and around vineyards varies with season and weed management practice

2021 ◽  
Vol 307 ◽  
pp. 107229
Author(s):  
Miriam Kishinevsky ◽  
Tamar Keasar
Keyword(s):  
Weed Management ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Sugar Feeding

Mapping Cynodon dactylon in vineyards using UAV images for site-specific weed control

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. I. de Castro ◽  
J. M. Peña ◽  
J. Torres-Sánchez ◽  
F. Jiménez-Brenes ◽  
F. López-Granados
Keyword(s):  
Cover Crops ◽  
Weed Management ◽  
Cynodon Dactylon ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Bare Soil ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
Site Specific ◽  
Object Based ◽  
Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Uav Images

In Spain, the use of annual cover crops is a crop management practice for irrigated vineyards that allows controlling vineyard vigor and yield, which also leads to improve the crop quality. Recently, Cynodon dactylon (bermudagrass) has been reported to infest those cover crops and colonize the grapevine rows, resulting in significant yield and economic losses due to the competition for water and nutrients. From timely unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) imagery, the objective of this research was to map C. dactylon patches in order to provide an optimized site-specific weed management. A quadrocopter UAV equipped with a point-and-shoot camera was used to collect a set of aerial red-green-blue (RGB) images over a commercial vineyard plot, coinciding with the dormant period of C. dactylon (February 2016). Object-based image analysis (OBIA) techniques were used to develop an innovative algorithm for early discrimination and mapping of C. dactylon, which had the ability to solve the limitation of spectral similarity of this weed with cover crops or bare soil. As a general result, the classified maps of the studied vineyard showed four main classes, i.e. vine, cover crop, C. dactylon and bare soil, with 85% overall accuracy. These weed maps allow developing new strategies for site-specific control of C. dactylon populations in the context of precision viticulture.

scholarly journals Performance of Dry Direct Seeded Rice and Weeds on Sesbania Brown Manuring as Compared to Farmers’ Practice and Chemical Control Method

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 265-269
Author(s):  
Sunil Kumar Chaudhary ◽  
Santosh Marahatta ◽  
Manisha Chaudhary
Keyword(s):  
Weed Management ◽  
Chemical Control ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Block Design ◽  
Effective Control ◽  
Direct Seeded ◽  
Hand Weeding ◽  
The Individual

The research was conducted to study the comparison of farmers’ weed management practice in rice with chemical control and Sesbania co-culture. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications and five different weed management practices. The five treatments were Farmers’ practice (two hand weeding first at 28 DAS and another at 40 DAS), Chemical practice (Bispyribac sodium as post emergence @ 25 g a.i. ha-1 at 25 DAS), Sesbania co-culture (100 kg Sesbania ha-1 and knocking down at 28 DAS), Weed free (Hand removal of weeds at 10 days’ interval) and Weedy check (No weed management). The individual plot size was 5 x 4 m2. The Sesbania co-culture and farmers’ practice were found more or less similar performance for all observed parameters but as better as compared to weedy check and chemical treatment. Sesbania co-culture was found less costly than farmers’ practice for weed management. The experiment clearly demonstrated the importance of brown manuring on effective control of weeds in rice field under dry direct seeded rice.Int. J. Appl. Sci. Biotechnol. Vol 6(3): 265-269

Herbicide reduction in metribuzin-based weed control programs in corn

1995 ◽  
Vol 75 (4) ◽  
pp. 927-933 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allan S. Hamill ◽  
Jianhua Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Weed Control ◽  
Weed Management ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Relative Effectiveness ◽  
Development Stage ◽  
Corn Yield ◽  
Economic Return ◽  
Control Programs ◽  
Field Corn ◽  
Herbicide Programs

The relative effectiveness of 13 metribuzin-based weed control programs in field corn was investigated in a 3-yr study. Reduction in herbicide rates was made by modifying some commonly used metribuzin-based herbicide programs for weed control in corn. Satisfactory weed control, corn yield and economic return were obtained under each herbicide treatment, suggesting that reduction in herbicide use to reduce environmental hazard and enhance the economical benefit is achievable. Among the various herbicide programs, banded herbicide application at reduced rates plus one cultivation was observed to be the most economic weed management practice. Herbicides applied early (2–3 leaves) showed better results than those applied later (6–7 leaves) in the development stage of corn, although both times of application are within the critical period of weed control for corn. Key words: Corn (Zea mays), economic return, herbicides, weed control

Effects of soil-borne Rhizoctonia solani on canola seedlings after application of glyphosate herbicide

2013 ◽  
Vol 93 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Rashid ◽  
S. F. Hwang ◽  
H. U. Ahmed ◽  
G. D. Turnbull ◽  
S. E. Strelkov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rhizoctonia Solani ◽  
Weed Management ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Seedling Emergence ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Field Trials ◽  
Shoot Dry Weight ◽  
Subsequent Crop ◽  
Glyphosate Herbicide ◽  
The Impact

Rashid, A., Hwang, S. F., Ahmed, H. U., Turnbull, G. D., Strelkov, S. E. and Gossen, B. D. 2013. Effects of soil-borne Rhizoctonia solani on canola seedlings after application of glyphosate herbicide. Can. J. Plant Sci. 93: 97–107. Application of glyphosate (N-phosphonomethyl glycine) prior to seeding is a common weed management practice in many agricultural systems. However, there are concerns that this practice may increase the impact of soil-borne diseases on the crop, even in cultivars that are resistant to glyphosate. In the current study, the effects of pre-plant applications of glyphosate on seedling blight of canola caused by Rhizoctonia solani and subsequent crop growth were examined under field and greenhouse conditions. Under greenhouse conditions in soil inoculated with R. solani, glyphosate application 15 d before seeding reduced seedling emergence, increased damping-off, and decreased plant height and shoot dry weight of canola relative to a glyphosate-free control. However, the adverse effects were substantially reduced when the crop was seeded 33 d after glyphosate application. This indicates that glyphosate application prior to planting may increase the impact of R. solani on canola seedlings, but that this effect diminishes quite rapidly. Soil populations of R. solani declined over the 33-d period regardless of glyphosate treatment. Glyphosate application 10 d before seeding increased seedling emergence and seed yield (1 of 2 yr) of canola in field trials inoculated with R. solani.

scholarly journals Weed Management Practice Selection Among Midwest U.S. Organic Growers

Weed Science ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 520-531 ◽  
Author(s):  
James J. DeDecker ◽  
John B. Masiunas ◽  
Adam S. Davis ◽  
Courtney G. Flint
Keyword(s):  
Weed Management ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Cropping Systems ◽  
Organic Production ◽  
Integrated Weed Management ◽  
Organic Farmers ◽  
Organic Weed Management ◽  
Selection Of

Organic agricultural systems increase the complexity of weed management, leading organic farmers to cite weeds as one of the greatest barriers to organic production. Integrated Weed Management (IWM) systems have been developed to address the ecological implications of weeds and weed management in cropping systems, but adoption is minimal. Organic agriculture offers a favorable context for application of IWM, as both approaches are motivated by concern for environmental quality and agricultural sustainability. However, adoption of IWM on organic farms is poorly understood due to limited data on weed management practices used, absence of an IWM adoption metric, and insufficient consideration given to the unique farming contexts within which weed management decisions are made. Therefore, this study aimed to (1) characterize organic weed management systems; (2) identify motivations for, and barriers to, selection of weed management practices; and (3) generate guiding principles for effective targeting of weed management outreach. We surveyed Midwestern organic growers to determine how specified psychosocial, demographic, and farm structure factors influence selection of weed management practices. Cluster analysis of the data detected three disparate, yet scaled, approaches to organic weed management. Clusters were distinguished by perspective regarding weeds and the number of weed management practices used. Categorization of individual farms within the identified approaches was influenced by primary farm products as well as farmer education, years farming, and information-seeking behavior. The proposed conceptual model allows weed management educators to target outreach for enhanced compatibility of farming contexts and weed management technologies.

scholarly journals Cultural treatments in pineapple crop. Management for high yield – Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Reginaldo Almeida Andrade ◽  
Rychaellen Silva de Brito ◽  
Rosiney França Mendes ◽  
Romeu de Carvalho Andrade Neto
Keyword(s):  
Mineral Nutrition ◽  
Weed Management ◽  
Floral Induction ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Ananas Comosus ◽  
High Yield ◽  
Production Cycle ◽  
Labor Costs ◽  
Vegetative Development

Several factors influence in the vegetative development, yield and quality of pineapple fruits, among which the cultural treatments adopted throughout the production cycle stand out, mainly weed control, mineral nutrition, irrigation and induction artificial flowering. The purpose of this review was to present the main advances in research on cultural treatments in the cultivation of pineapple (Ananas comosus L. Merril) and their effects on yield and fruit quality. Current research shows that interventions for weed management, through chemical control with herbicides or the adoption of organic or inorganic soil cover are strategies that can be adopted by producers who seek to reduce labor costs and provide good conditions for plant development. The use of mulching is a promising and effective practice, given the cost reduction with polluting herbicide applications and improvement of the physicochemical quality of the soil. Regarding mineral nutrition, pineapple is a rustic plant, tolerant to soils with moderate acidity and low levels of nutrients in the soil, however, liming and fertilization are essential for crops where high yields are sought. In the same way, it is verified that the pineapple, even being a CAM metabolism plant, tolerant to situations of water stress, is highly responsive to irrigation, which provides improvements in the vegetative and reproductive development of the plant. Another essential management practice in pineapple crops is artificial floral induction, a practice that aims to synchronize the flowering period, facilitate harvesting and ensure a consumer market in times when the supply of fruit is scarce

scholarly journals Path Coefficient Analysis of Growth and Yield Traits of Rice (Oryza sativa L.) at Bokolori, Talata Mafara, Sudan Savanna Ecological Zone, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (7) ◽  
pp. 1337-1340
Author(s):  
J. Alhassan ◽  
M. Musa
Keyword(s):  
Weed Management ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Growth And Yield ◽  
Panicle Length ◽  
Ecological Zone ◽  
Seeding Method ◽  
Sudan Savanna ◽  
1000 Grain Weight ◽  
Paddy Yield

In order to determine the direct and indirect effects of yield and yield components of rice, a field experiment was conducted in each of the wet seasons of 2016 and 2017 at Irrigation Research Stations of the Institute for Agricultural Research, Bokolori, Talata Mafara, in the Sudan Savanna ecological zone of Nigeria (12° 34’ N; 06° 04’E). The treatment consisted of four (4) weed management practice (Oxadiazon at 1.0 kg a.i ha-1 [pre-emergence], Orizo-plus [proponil 360 g/l + 2,4-D 200 g/l] at 2.8 kg a.i ha-1[post emergence at 3 WAS], manual weeding [at 3 and 6 WAS] and weedy check [control]); three (3) each of seeding method (Drilling, Dibbling and Broadcast) and seed rate (40 kg ha-1; 70 kg ha-1; 100 kg ha-1). The experiment was laid in a split plot design replicated three times. Weed management practice was assigned to the main plots while the combination of seeding method and seed rate to the subplots. Data were collected on plant height, leaf area, crop dry matter, tillering ability, crop growth rate, harvest index (HI), panicle length, number of grains per panicle, 1000-grain weight and paddy yield. The result indicated that, the highest individual contribution of 25.04% to paddy yield was made by dry matter followed by 1000-grain weight (8.74%), tillering ability (8.46%), leaf area (3.13%), number of grains per panicle (1.03%) and the least was from panicle length (0.83%). The contribution of these growth and yield attributes to yield suggests that, priority be given to these traits when making selection for improvement.

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