scholarly journals Effect of Foramsulfuron and Isoxaflutole Residues on Rotational Vegetable Crops

HortScience ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 620-622 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nader Soltani ◽  
Peter H. Sikkema ◽  
Darren E. Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Sugar Beet ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Sugar Beet Plant ◽  
Vegetable Crops ◽  
Sugar Beets ◽  
Shoot Dry Weight ◽  
Plant Stand

There is little information published on the effect of residues from postemergence (POST) applications of foramsulfuron and preemergence (PRE) applications of isoxaflutole, and isoxaflutole plus atrazine in the year after application on vegetable crops. Three trials were established from 2000 to 2002 in Ontario to determine the effects of residues of foramsulfuron, isoxaflutole, and isoxaflutole plus atrazine on cabbage, processing pea, potato, sugar beet, and tomato 1 year after application. Aside from a reduction in sugar beet plant stand, there were no visual injury symptoms in any crop at 7, 14, and 28 days after emergence (DAE) in any of the herbicide carryover treatments. Isoxaflutole residues reduced shoot dry weight and yield as much as 27% and 28% in cabbage, and 57% and 60% in sugar beets, respectively. The addition of atrazine to isoxaflutole caused further reductions in shoot dry weight and yield of cabbage and sugar beet. Isoxaflutole plus atrazine residues reduced shoot dry weight and yield as much as 42% and 43% in cabbage, and 58% and 82% in sugar beets, respectively. There were no adverse effects on shoot dry weight and yield of processing pea, potato, and tomato from isoxaflutole or isoxaflutole plus atrazine residues in the year following application. Foramsulfuron residues at either rate did not reduce shoot dry weight or yield of any crops 1 year after application. Based on these results, it is recommended that cabbage and sugar beet not be grown in the year following the PRE application of isoxaflutole or isoxaflutole plus atrazine.

scholarly journals No Evidence of Adverse Effects on Germination, Emergence, and Fruit Yield due to Space Exposure of Tomato Seeds

1996 ◽  
Vol 121 (3) ◽  
pp. 414-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian A. Kahn ◽  
Peter J. Stoffella
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Outer Space ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Fruit Yield ◽  
Control Seed ◽  
Shoot Dry Weight ◽  
Tomato Seeds ◽  
Long Duration ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
Mean Time

Seeds of `Rutgers California Supreme' tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) were exposed to outer space conditions aboard the long duration exposure facility (LDEF) satellite in the space exposed experiment developed for students (SEEDS) project of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Seeds aboard the LDEF were packed in dacron bags forming four layers per sealed canister. Some of these seeds were used in Oklahoma and Florida for studies of germination, emergence, and fruit yield. Among all measured variables in three experiments, there was only one significant main effect of canister 2 versus canister 7 (for mean time to germination) and only one main effect of layer (for seedling shoot dry weight). There also were only two inconsistent canister x layer interactions in the germination tests. The contrast of Earth-based control seed versus space-exposed seed was significant four times: in Oklahoma in 1991 the mean time to germination of space-exposed seeds and the days to 50% of final germination were 0.7 days less than for Earth-based seeds, and in Florida in 1992 seedling percent emergence and shoot dry weight were increased by space exposure. Fruit yield and marketability were unaffected in plants grown from space-exposed seeds. These results support student findings from the SEEDS project, and provide evidence that tomato seeds can survive in space for several years without adverse effects on germination, emergence, and fruit yield.

Saflufenacil Carryover Injury Varies among Rotational Crops

2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darren E. Robinson ◽  
Kristen E. McNaughton
Keyword(s):  
Sugar Beet ◽  
Growth Yield ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Sugar Beet Plant ◽  
Root Weight ◽  
Carrot Root ◽  
Field Corn ◽  
Yield And Quality ◽  
Weight Yield

Trials were established in 2007, 2008, and 2009 in Ontario, Canada, to determine the effect of soil residues of saflufenacil on growth, yield, and quality of eight rotational crops planted 1 yr after application. In the year of establishment, saflufenacil was applied PRE to field corn at rates of 75, 100, and 200 g ai ha−1. Cabbage, carrot, cucumber, onion, pea, pepper, potato, and sugar beet were planted 1 yr later, maintained weed-free, and plant dry weight, yield, and quality measures of interest to processors for each crop were determined. Reductions in dry weight and yield of all grades of cucumber were determined at both the 100 and 200 g ha−1rates of saflufenacil. Plant dry weight, bulb number, and size and yield of onion were also reduced by saflufenacil at 100 and 200 g ha−1. Sugar beet plant dry weight and yield, but not sucrose content, were decreased by saflufenacil at 100 and 200 g ha−1. Cabbage plant dry weight, head size, and yield; carrot root weight and yield; and pepper dry weight, fruit number and size, and yield were only reduced in those treatments in which twice the field corn rate had been applied to simulate the effect of spray overlap in the previous year. Pea and potato were not negatively impacted by applications of saflufenacil in the year prior to planting. It is recommended that cabbage, carrot, cucumber, onion, pepper, and sugar beet not be planted the year after saflufenacil application at rates up to 200 g ha−1. Pea and potato can be safely planted the year following application of saflufenacil up to rates of 200 g ha−1.

Evaluation of rhizobacterial colonisation and the ability to induce Globodera pallida hatch

Nematology ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eoin P. Lettice ◽  
Peter W. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Sugar Beet ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Coarse Sand ◽  
Globodera Pallida ◽  
Cyst Nematodes ◽  
Beet Root ◽  
Shoot Dry Weight ◽  
Sugar Beet Root

Three bacterial isolates, SB13 (Acinetobacter sp.), SB14 (Arthrobacter sp.) and SB15 (Bacillus sp.), were previously isolated from the rhizosphere of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris ssp. vulgaris) plants and shown to increase hatch of potato cyst nematodes in vitro. In this study, the three isolates were assayed for rhizosphere competence. Each isolate was applied to seeds at each of four concentrations (105-108 CFU ml−1) and the inoculated seeds were planted in plastic microcosms containing coarse sand. All three isolates were shown to colonise the rhizosphere, although to differing degrees, with the higher inoculation densities providing significantly better colonisation. The isolates increased sugar beet root and shoot dry weight. Isolates SB14 and SB15 were analysed for their ability to induce in vivo hatch of Globodera pallida in non-sterile soil planted with sugar beet. After 4 and 6 weeks, both isolates had induced significantly greater percentage hatch compared to controls.

scholarly journals Sensor-Based Intrarow Mechanical Weed Control in Sugar Beets with Motorized Finger Weeders

Agronomy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 1517
Author(s):  
Jannis Machleb ◽  
Gerassimos G. Peteinatos ◽  
Markus Sökefeld ◽  
Roland Gerhards
Keyword(s):  
Sugar Beet ◽  
Weed Control ◽  
Rotational Speed ◽  
Travel Speed ◽  
Sensor Technology ◽  
Sugar Beet Plant ◽  
Sugar Beets ◽  
Row Crops ◽  
Agricultural Robots ◽  
Mechanical Weed Control

The need for herbicide usage reduction and the increased interest in mechanical weed control has prompted greater attention to the development of agricultural robots for autonomous weeding in the past years. This also requires the development of suitable mechanical weeding tools. Therefore, we devised a new weeding tool for agricultural robots to perform intrarow mechanical weed control in sugar beets. A conventional finger weeder was modified and equipped with an electric motor. This allowed the rotational movement of the finger weeders independent of the forward travel speed of the tool carrier. The new tool was tested in combination with a bi-spectral camera in a two-year field trial. The camera was used to identify crop plants in the intrarow area. A controller regulated the speed of the motorized finger weeders, realizing two different setups. At the location of a sugar beet plant, the rotational speed was equal to the driving speed of the tractor. Between two sugar beet plants, the rotational speed was either increased by 40% or decreased by 40%. The intrarow weed control efficacy of this new system ranged from 87% to 91% in 2017 and from 91% to 94% in 2018. The sugar beet yields were not adversely affected by the mechanical treatments compared to the conventional herbicide application. The motorized finger weeders present an effective system for selective intrarow mechanical weeding. Certainly, mechanical weeding involves the risk of high weed infestations if the treatments are not applied properly and in a timely manner regardless of whether sensor technology is used or not. However, due to the increasing herbicide resistances and the continuing bans on herbicides, mechanical weeding strategies must be investigated further. The mechanical weeding system of the present study can contribute to the reduction of herbicide use in sugar beets and other wide row crops.

Effect of Turnip Soil Amendment and Yellow Nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus) Tuber Densities on Interference in Polyethylene-Mulched Tomato

2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 364-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanjeev K. Bangarwa ◽  
Jason K. Norsworthy ◽  
Edward E. Gbur
Keyword(s):  
Methyl Bromide ◽  
Soil Amendment ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Growth And Yield ◽  
Vegetable Crops ◽  
Marketable Yield ◽  
Tomato Production ◽  
Yellow Nutsedge ◽  
Shoot Dry Weight

Yellow nutsedge is a problematic weed in polyethylene-mulched tomato production. Soil fumigation with methyl bromide is the most effective method of controlling nutsedges, but because of ozone depletion, the phase-out of methyl bromide has complicated nutsedge control in polyethylene-mulched tomato and other vegetable crops. Plants belonging to the Brassicaceae family produce glucosinolates, which upon tissue decomposition generate biocidal isothiocyanates and therefore can be used as a biological alternative for yellow nutsedge control. Field experiments were conducted in 2007 and 2009 to study the influence of soil amendment with ‘Seventop’ turnip cover crop on the interference of yellow nutsedge planted at 0, 50, and 100 tubers m−2in raised-bed polyethylene-mulched tomato production. There was no advantage of soil amendment with Seventop on reducing yellow nutsedge interference in polyethylene-mulched tomato. Regardless of soil amendment, increasing initial tuber density from 50 to 100 tubers m−2increased yellow nutsedge shoot density, shoot dry weight, and tuber production at least 1.7, 1.6, and 1.6 times, respectively. As a result, tomato canopy width, shoot dry weight, and marketable yield decreased with increasing initial tuber densities. However, increased tuber density had minimal impact on tomato height. Relative to weed-free plots, interference of yellow nutsedge at 50 and 100 tubers m−2reduced marketable yield of tomato up to 32 and 49%, respectively. Shading of the middle and lower portion of tomato plants by yellow nutsedge shoots could be the major factor for reducing tomato growth and yield in weedy plots. It is concluded that soil amendment with Seventop turnip is not a viable option for reducing yellow nutsedge interference at 50 and 100 tuber m−2in polyethylene-mulched tomato.

Tolerance of Processing Tomato to Thifensulfuron-Methyl

2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 669-673 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nader Soltani ◽  
Darren E. Robinson ◽  
Allan S. Hamill ◽  
Stephen Bowley ◽  
Peter H. Sikkema
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Application Rate ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
Marketable Yield ◽  
Visible Injury ◽  
Processing Tomato ◽  
Shoot Dry Weight ◽  
Initial Results

Limited information exists on the tolerance of processing tomato to postemergence (POST) application of thifensulfuron-methyl. The tolerance of 13 processing tomato varieties, ‘CC337’, ‘H9144’, ‘H9314’, ‘H9478’, ‘H9492’, ‘H9553’, ‘H9909’, ‘N1069’, ‘N1082’, ‘N1480E’, ‘N1480L’, ‘N1522’, and ‘PETO696’, to POST applications of thifensulfuron-methyl at the maximum use rate (6 g ai/ha) and twice the maximum use rate (12 g/ha) for soybean was evaluated at two Ontario locations in 2001 and 2002. At 7 days after treatment (DAT), thifensulfuron applied POST caused 0.2 to 1% visible injury to CC337, H9144, N1082, N1522, and PETO696 at the high rate. H9553, H9909, N1069, and N1480E were the most sensitive to POST thifensulfuron-methyl, with visible injury ranging from 1 to 6% at the high rate. There was no visible injury to H9314, H9478, H9492, or N1480L at either application rate of thifensulfuron-methyl. By 28 DAT, no visible injury was noted to any variety, except for H9909, N1069, and N1480L, which showed minimal (<2%) visible injury. There were no adverse effects on shoot dry weight and marketable yield for any variety at either rate. Although thifensulfuron-methyl applied POST caused minimal and transient injury to the varieties tested, more tolerance trials with other fresh and processing tomato varieties are required to confirm these initial results.

Tolerance of adzuki bean to pre-emergence herbicides

2015 ◽  
Vol 95 (5) ◽  
pp. 959-963 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nader Soltani ◽  
Robert E. Nurse ◽  
Christy Shropshire ◽  
Peter H. Sikkema
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Effect ◽  
Plant Height ◽  
Seed Yield ◽  
Weed Management ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Adzuki Bean ◽  
Seed Moisture Content ◽  
Shoot Dry Weight ◽  
Seed Moisture ◽  
Plant Stand

Soltani, N., Nurse, R. E., Shropshire, C. and Sikkema, P. H. 2015. Tolerance of adzuki bean to pre-emergence herbicides. Can. J. Plant Sci. 95: 959–963. Limited pre-emergence herbicide options are available for weed management in adzuki bean in Ontario. Eight field trials were conducted in Ontario over a 3-yr period (2012, 2013, 2014) to evaluate the tolerance of adzuki bean to pyroxasulfone (150 and 300 g a.i. ha−1), flumioxazin (71 and 142 g a.i. ha−1), sulfentrazone (420 and 840 g a.i. ha−1), fomesafen (240 and 480 g a.i. ha−1), imazethapyr (75 and 150 g a.i. ha−1), and cloransulam-methyl (35 and 70 g a.i. ha−1) applied pre-emergence. Pyroxasulfone, flumioxazin and sulfentrazone applied pre-emergence at the proposed 1× and 2× rates caused 25–96% injury and reduced plant stand up to 78%, shoot dry weight up to 95%, plant height up to 67% and seed yield up to 76% in adzuki bean. Cloransulam-methyl resulted in 1 to 9% injury with no adverse effect on plant stand, shoot dry weight, plant height, seed moisture content and seed yield of adzuki bean. Fomesafen and imazethapyr resulted in 1–3% injury with no adverse effect on plant stand, shoot dry weight, plant height, seed moisture content and seed yield of adzuki bean. Based on these results, pyroxasulfone, flumioxazin and sulfentrazone do not have an adequate margin of crop safety for weed management in adzuki bean. Cloransulam-methyl has potential for use in adzuki bean, especially at the lower rate. Imazethapyr and fomesafen at the rates evaluated can be used safely in adzuki bean production under Ontario environmental conditions.

scholarly journals Effects of Boron Application and Gamma Ray Irradiation On Yield of Sugar Beet (Beta Vulgaris L.) Grown in Sandy Soil

2021 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 1041-1049
Author(s):  
Ahmed A Moursy ◽  
MM Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Sugar Beet ◽  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Gamma Dose ◽  
Soluble Solids ◽  
Root Dry Weight ◽  
Shoot Dry Weight ◽  
Best Value ◽  
Essential Nutrient ◽  
Sequence Behavior

Effects of boron as an essential nutrient for sugar beet along with gamma irradiation was traced under field conditions. Data demonstrated that the fresh and dry root yields of sugar beet significantly increased with the increase either gamma dose or boron levels comparing to the non-irradiated and born-untreated plants. It seems that root dry weight tended to increase gradually with increasing gamma dose 0 to 100 Gy, then tended to decrease with 200 Gy dose but it still increased with gradual increases of boron levels. In this regard, the best value of root dry weight was achieved with 100 Gy dose interacted with 2.40 kg/ ha of boron addition. On the other hand, plants exposed to 50 Gy and treated with 2.40 kg/ ha reflected the highest shoot dry matter yield compared to other treatments. Relatively, this treatment increased shoot dry weight by about one fold, two folds and near to two folds for the same sequence. Behavior of NPK uptake by shoots has the same trend. Plants irradiated with 100 Gy together with 2.40 kg boric acid ha-1 yielded the highest total soluble solids (TSS%) and produced the best per cent of sucrose. Bangladesh J. Bot. 50(4): 1041-1049, 2021 (December)

Absorption and Translocation of Pyrazon by Plants

Weed Science ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 365-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Frank ◽  
C. M. Switzer
Keyword(s):  
Sugar Beet ◽  
Beta Vulgaris ◽  
Chenopodium Album ◽  
Sugar Beet Plant ◽  
Sugar Beets ◽  
Common Lambsquarters ◽  
Leaf Tissues

Pyrazon (5-amino-4-chloro-2-phenyl-3(2H)-pyridazinone) was absorbed by the roots of both common lambsquarters (Chenopodium albumL.) and sugar beets (Beta vulgarisL.) and translocated in an acropetal direction to all parts of the plant. Common lambsquarters plants accumulated greater amounts of3H-pyrazon per gram of tissue than did sugar beet plants and this was especially true of leaf tissues. Translocation into the leaves of both species occurred equally into mature and developing leaves. Neither basipetal nor acropetal translocation of pyrazon occurred following leaf applications of3H-pyrazon. Pyrazon accumulated in the leaves of common lambsquarters, but it was metabolized when absorbed into sugar beets. Roots, petioles, and leaf blades of beets rapidly metabolized pyrazon while only roots metabolized pyrazon in common lambsquarters. Selectivity of pyrazon appeared to be associated with the rate of metabolic breakdown occurring in the leaf. Accumulations occurred in the susceptible common lambsquarters plant while metabolism kept pace with uptake in the leaves of the tolerant sugar beet plant.

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