Competition Between Winter Wheat (Triticum aestivum) Cultivars and Downy Brome (Bromus tectorum)

Weed Science ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 689-693 ◽  
Author(s):  
Challaiah ◽  
Orvin C. Burnside ◽  
Gail A. Wicks ◽  
Virgil A. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Triticum Aestivum ◽  
Winter Wheat ◽  
Grain Yield ◽  
Stepwise Regression ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Bromus Tectorum ◽  
Growth Parameters ◽  
Yield Reduction ◽  
Downy Brome ◽  
Wheat Grain

Field experiments were conducted to select winter wheat (Triticum aestivumL.) cultivar(s) that were competitive to downy brome (Bromus tectorumL. # BROTE). Downy brome significantly reduced winter wheat grain yields of all cultivars by 9 to 21% at Lincoln, while at North Platte yield reduction ranged from 20 to 41% depending upon cultivar. ‘Turkey’ was the most competitive cultivar to downy brome but it had the lowest grain yield. Compared to ‘Centurk 78’, ‘Centura’ at Lincoln and ‘SD 75284’ at North Platte proved to be significantly higher yielding and more competitive to downy brome. Winter wheat tiller number, canopy diameter, and plant height were negatively correlated with downy brome yield, but changes in these growth parameters did not always translate into grain yield advantage in downy brome-infested plots. Based on stepwise regression analysis, wheat height was better correlated with reduction in downy brome yield than were canopy diameter or number of tillers.

BromusControl in Winter Wheat (Triticum aestivum) with the Ethylthio Analog of Metribuzin

1987 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 235-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randall L. Ratliff ◽  
Thomas F. Peeper
Keyword(s):  
Triticum Aestivum ◽  
Winter Wheat ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Bromus Tectorum ◽  
Downy Brome ◽  
Selective Control ◽  
Bromus Secalinus ◽  
Wide Range

Twenty field experiments were conducted in Oklahoma from 1983 through 1986 to evaluate the ethylthio analog of metribuzin [4-amino-6-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-3-(ethylthio)-1,2,4-triazin-5(4H)-one] for selective control of cheat (Bromus secalinusL. #3BROSE), downy brome (Bromus tectorumL. # BROTE), and rescuegrass (Bromus catharticusVahl. # BROCA) in winter wheat (Triticum aestivumL.). The ethylthio analog of metribuzin applied postemergence at 1.1 kg ai/ha before the weeds tillered controlled 91 to 100% of theseBromusspp. in winter wheat. Control of tilleredBromusspp. was less consistent. AsBromusspp. control increased, wheat yields increased, and dockage decreased. The herbicide was selective on wheat over a wide range of soils, including sands. Adding surfactant to very early postemergence applications of 0.6 kg ai/ha increased cheat control but injured wheat slightly. Surfactant use had little or no effect on dockage reduction and yields.

Herbicide-Grazing Interactions in Cheat (Bromus secalinus)–Infested Winter Wheat (Triticum aestivum)1

Weed Science ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 532-535 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey A. Koscelny ◽  
Thomas F. Peeper
Keyword(s):  
Triticum Aestivum ◽  
Winter Wheat ◽  
Grain Yield ◽  
Yield Components ◽  
Harvest Index ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Wheat Yield ◽  
Wheat Grain ◽  
Bromus Secalinus ◽  
Herbicide Treatments

Field experiments were conducted to determine the interaction of grazing and herbicide treatments on cheat control and biomass, wheat biomass, wheat grain yield, and wheat yield components. Ethyl-metribuzin at 1120 g ai ha−1and metribuzin at 420 g ai ha−1reduced cheat biomass 91 to 99 and 97 to 98%, respectively. Grazing had no effect on herbicide efficacy. Grazing increased cheat biomass in the check by 24% at only one location but did not affect total wheat plus cheat biomass. With one exception, controlled cheat was replaced by wheat on a 1:1 biomass basis when herbicides caused no crop injury. All herbicide treatments increased grain yield, but grazing did not alter yield. At two locations, increased heads m−2and spikelets/head accounted for most of the grain yield increases, but at one location seeds/spikelet and weight/seed were also increased. Harvest index was unaffected.

Control of Downy Brome (Bromus tectorum) in Winter Wheat (Triticum aestivum) with MON 37500

1998 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 421-425 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert E. Blackshaw ◽  
William M. Hamman
Keyword(s):  
Triticum Aestivum ◽  
Winter Wheat ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Bromus Tectorum ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Wheat Yield ◽  
Downy Brome ◽  
Wheat Production ◽  
Winter Wheat Yield

Field experiments were conducted to determine suitable application timings and rates of MON 37500 for downy brome control in winter wheat. MON 37500 applied preemergence (PRE) or in fall postemergence (POST) provided better control of downy brome than when applied spring POST. MON 37500 at rates ranging from 19 to 33 g ai/ha applied PRE or fall POST controlled downy brome >85%. MON 37500 applied spring POST at 60 g/ha only suppressed growth of downy brome. Winter wheat was not visibly injured and maturity was not delayed by MON 37500 applied up to 60 g/ha at any of the application timings. Winter wheat yield responded positively to all MON 37500 treatments but PRE or fall POST applications usually resulted in greater yields than spring POST applications. Wheat yields progressively increased with increasing rates of MON 37500 up to 30–40 g/ha, above which yields tended to plateau or, in two instances, decline slightly. MON 37500 is an important new herbicide that should enable growers to better manage downy brome in winter wheat production systems.

MON 37500 rate and timing affects downy brome (Bromus tectorum) control in winter wheat (Triticum aestivum)

Weed Science ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 366-373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick W. Geier ◽  
Phillip W. Stahlman ◽  
Francis E. Northam ◽  
Stephen D. Miller ◽  
Neal R. Hageman
Keyword(s):  
Triticum Aestivum ◽  
Winter Wheat ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Bromus Tectorum ◽  
Plant Density ◽  
Downy Brome ◽  
Herbicide Treatment

Field experiments were conducted at five locations in Colorado, Kansas, and Wyoming in 1994–1995 and 1995–1996 to compare the effects of MON 37500 rate and application timings on downy brome control and winter wheat tolerance. MON 37500 at 18 to 35 g ha−1applied preemergence or fall postemergence reduced downy brome density 71 to 92% in 1995. Spring-applied MON 37500 suppressed downy brome growth but did not reduce plant density. No application reduced downy brome density in 1996. At each location, downy brome was controlled best by MON 37500 applied preemergence or fall postemergence at 35 g ha−1. MON 37500 did not affect wheat height at Archer or Torrington, WY, and Burlington or Stratton, CO, but wheat treated preemergence or fall postemergence was taller than untreated wheat at Hays, KS, in 1995. Spring-postemergence-treated wheat at Hays in 1995 was shorter than untreated, preemergence-, or fall-postemergence-treated wheat. Wheat head density did not differ among treated and untreated plots at Torrington, but herbicide treatment increased wheat yields. Wheat head density increased with all MON 37500 treatments at Hays in 1995, as did yield. However, preemergence and fall-postemergence applications resulted in the highest wheat yields. No herbicide treatment affected head density or yield at Hays in 1996.

Downy Brome (Bromus tectorum) Density and Relative Time of Emergence Affects Interference in Winter Wheat (Triticum aestivum)

Weed Science ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 551-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert E. Blackshaw
Keyword(s):  
Triticum Aestivum ◽  
Winter Wheat ◽  
Seed Yield ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Bromus Tectorum ◽  
Wheat Yield ◽  
Growing Season ◽  
Early Spring ◽  
Downy Brome ◽  
Relative Time

Field experiments over 3 yr at Lethbridge, Alberta, determined the effect of various downy brome densities and times of its emergence on winter wheat biomass and seed yield. Downy brome reduced wheat biomass up to 59% and seed yield up to 68%. Time of downy brome emergence relative to wheat affected the magnitude of these yield reductions more than the density of downy brome. At comparable densities, downy brome caused 2- to 5-fold greater reductions in yield when it emerged within 3 wk after winter wheat than when it emerged 6 wk after wheat or in early spring. Late-emerging downy brome caused significant wheat yield or biomass losses only at densities of 200 to 400 plants m-2. Late-emerging downy brome plants were strongly shaded (70 to 90%) by winter wheat throughout much of the growing season.

Sulfonylurea Herbicides Affect Hard Red Winter Wheat (Triticum aestivum) Forage and Grain Yield

1996 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 531-534 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey A. Koscelny ◽  
Thomas F. Peeper ◽  
Eugene G. Krenzer
Keyword(s):  
Triticum Aestivum ◽  
Winter Wheat ◽  
Grain Yield ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Sulfonylurea Herbicides ◽  
Wheat Grain ◽  
Forage Production ◽  
Hard Red Winter Wheat ◽  
Herbicide Treatments ◽  
Red Winter Wheat

Field experiments were conducted to determine whether residual sulfonylurea herbicides applied at cheat suppression rates affect hard red winter wheat forage production and grain yield. Triasulfuron at 30 g/ha or chlorsulfuron plus metsulfuron at 26 g/ha applied PRE and metribuzin applied early POST alone at 280 g/ha or tank-mixed with triasulfuron at 158 + 30 g/ha or chlorsulfuron plus metsulfuron at 210 + 21 g/ha, all decreased total forage production of weed-free wheat. Conversely, all herbicide treatments except triasulfuron applied PRE increased wheat grain yield.

Evaluation of Registered Herbicides for Cheat (Bromus secalinus) Control in Winter Wheat (Triticum aestivum)

1997 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-34
Author(s):  
Jeffrey A. Koscelny ◽  
Thomas F. Peeper
Keyword(s):  
Triticum Aestivum ◽  
Winter Wheat ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Wheat Yield ◽  
Wheat Grain ◽  
Grain Yields ◽  
Bromus Secalinus ◽  
Herbicide Treatments ◽  
Early Fall

Seven field experiments were conducted in Oklahoma to compare efficacy and wheat response to currently registered cheat suppression or control herbicide treatments. Chlorsulfuron + metsulfuron premix (5:1 w/w) at 26 g ai/ha applied PRE controlled cheat 20 to 61%, increased wheat grain yields at two of seven locations, and decreased dockage due to cheat at five of seven locations. Chlorsulfuron + metsulfuron at 21 g/ha tank-mixed with metribuzin at 210 g/ha, applied early fall POST, controlled cheat 36 to 98% and increased wheat yield at four of seven locations. Metribuzin applied POST in the fall at 420 g/ha controlled cheat 56 to 98% and increased wheat yields at five of seven locations. Both POST treatments decreased dockage at all locations.

Influence of Soil Type and Depth of Planting on Downy Brome Seed

Weed Science ◽  
1971 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. A. Wicks ◽  
O. C. Burnside ◽  
C. R. Fenster
Keyword(s):  
Triticum Aestivum ◽  
Winter Wheat ◽  
Soil Type ◽  
Bromus Tectorum ◽  
Seedling Emergence ◽  
Cropping System ◽  
Soil Surface ◽  
Downy Brome ◽  
Moldboard Plow

Downy brome (Bromus tectorumL.) seedling emergence was greatest from soil depths of 1 inch or less, but occasionally seedlings emerged from depths of 4 inches. Downy brome seed covered by soil germinated more rapidly than those seed on the soil surface. More downy brome seedlings emerged, and from greater depths, from coarse-textured soils than fine-textured soils when moisture was not limiting. Soil type did not influence longevity of downy brome seed buried in the soil. Most (98%) 8-month-old downy brome seed buried 8 inches in the soil germinated but did not emerge in 1 year; and none remained viable in the soil after 5 years. The moldboard plow was more effective in reducing downy brome populations than a sweep plow or one-way disk in a continuous winter wheat (Triticum aestivumL.) cropping system.

Inactivation of Metribuzin in Winter Wheat by Activated Carbon

Weed Science ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. Rydrych
Keyword(s):  
Triticum Aestivum ◽  
Activated Carbon ◽  
Winter Wheat ◽  
Bromus Tectorum ◽  
Sandy Loam ◽  
Sandy Loam Soil ◽  
Silt Loam ◽  
Downy Brome ◽  
Chemical Injury ◽  
Loam Soil

Preemergence and postemergence application of metribuzin [4-amino-6-tert-butyl-3-(methylthio)-as-triazine-5(4H)-one] at 0.6 and 1.1 kg ai/ha controlled downy brome (Bromus tectorumL. ♯ BROTE) in winter wheat (Triticum aestivumL. ‘McDermid’) but caused considerable injury without the use of activated carbon over the seeded row. Activated carbon applied in 5-cm bands over the seeded row at 84, 167, and 336 kg/ha protected winter wheat at Pendleton on a silt loam soil. On a sandy loam soil, only a 336 kg/ha rate provided protection from metribuzin. Metribuzin toxicity to winter wheat was more difficult to neutralize when applied preemergence. Downy brome control was not reduced by carbon applied over the wheat row. The best treatment in this study was carbon at 336 kg/ha applied preemergence over the row followed by metribuzin at 0.6 or 1.1 kg/ha postemergence. A 10-week delay between preemergence carbon banding and postemergence metribuzin protected winter wheat from chemical injury.

Nitrogen Carrier and Surfactant Increase Foliar Herbicide Injury in Winter Wheat (Triticum aestivum)

1997 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phillip W. Stahlman ◽  
Randall S. Currie ◽  
Mosad A. El-Hamid
Keyword(s):  
Triticum Aestivum ◽  
Winter Wheat ◽  
Grain Yield ◽  
Nonionic Surfactant ◽  
Ammonium Nitrate ◽  
Wheat Grain ◽  
Foliar Injury ◽  
Spray Solution ◽  
Urea Ammonium Nitrate ◽  
One Year

A three-year field study in west-central Kansas investigated the effects of combinations of spray carrier, nonionic surfactant (NIS), triasulfuron, and/or 2,4-D on winter wheat foliar injury and grain yield. Herbicides applied in water without NIS caused little or no foliar injury in two of three years. Urea-ammonium nitrate (UAN) at 112 L/ha (40 kg N/ha) alone or as a carrier for herbicides caused moderate to severe foliar injury in all three years. Adding NIS to UAN spray solutions increased foliar injury, especially with the tank mixture of triasulfuron + 2,4-D. Effects of triasulfuron + NIS or 2,4-D applied in UAN were additive. Foliar injury was related inversely to temperature following application. Foliar injury was most evident 4 to 7 d after application and disappeared within 2 to 3 wk. Diluting UAN 50% with water lessened foliar injury in two of three years, especially in the presence of NIS, regardless of whether herbicides were in the spray solution. Treatments did not reduce wheat grain yield in any year despite estimates of up to 53% foliar injury one year.

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