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.

CONVISO® SMART – an innovative approach of weed control in sugar beet

2016 ◽  
pp. 517-524 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Wegener ◽  
Natalie Balgheim ◽  
Maik Klie ◽  
Carsten Stibbe ◽  
Bernd Holtschulte
Keyword(s):  
Sugar Beet ◽  
Weed Control ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Essential Amino Acids ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Sugar Beets ◽  
Dose Rates ◽  
Innovative System ◽  
Bayer Cropscience ◽  
Als Inhibitor

KWS SAAT SE and Bayer CropScience AG are jointly developing and commercializing an innovative system of weed control in sugar beet for the global market under the name of CONVISO SMART. The technology is based on the breeding of sugar beet cultivars that are tolerant to herbicides of the ALS-inhibitor-class with a broad-spectrum weed control. This will give farmers a new opportunity to make sugar beet cultivation easier, more flexible in its timing and more efficient. The use of CONVISO, as new herbicide in sugar beet, will make it possible to control major weeds with low dose rates of product and reduced number of applications in the future. The tolerance is based on a change in the enzyme acetholactate synthase, which is involved in the biosynthesis of essential amino acids. This variation can occur spontaneously during cell division. During the development, sugar beets with this spontaneously changed enzyme were specifically selected and used for further breeding of CONVISO SMART cultivars. As such, these varieties are not a product of genetic modification. Field studies with CONVISO SMART hybrids showed complete crop selectivity and a broad and reliable efficacy against a large range of major weeds. The bio-dossier for an EU-wide registration of CONVISO was submitted in April in 2015. The variety inscription process is in preparation in different countries. The system CONVISO SMART is scheduled to be available to farmers in 2018 at the earliest.

Field Pea and Lentil Tolerance to Interrow Cultivation

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine A. Stanley ◽  
Steven J. Shirtliffe ◽  
Dilshan Benaragama ◽  
Lena D. Syrovy ◽  
Hema S. N. Duddu
Keyword(s):  
Weed Control ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Yield Loss ◽  
Growing Season ◽  
Field Pea ◽  
Crop Damage ◽  
Growth Stages ◽  
Row Crops ◽  
Narrow Row ◽  
Mechanical Weed Control

AbstractInterrow cultivation is a selective, in-crop mechanical weed control tool that has the potential to control weeds later in the growing season with less crop damage compared with other in-crop mechanical weed control tools. To our knowledge, no previous research has been conducted on the tolerance of narrow-row crops to interrow cultivation. The objective of this experiment was to determine the tolerance of field pea and lentil to interrow cultivation. Replicated field experiments were conducted in Saskatchewan, Canada, in 2014 and 2015. Weekly cultivation treatments began at the 4-node stage of each crop, continuing for 6 wk. Field pea and lentil yield linearly declined with later crop stages of cultivation. Cultivating multiple times throughout the growing season reduced yield by 15% to 30% in both crops. Minimal yield loss occurred when interrow cultivation was conducted once at early growth stages of field pea and lentil; however, yield loss increased with delayed and more frequent cultivation events.

Machine thinning of sugar beet: field trials with chemical and mechanical weed control

1966 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. F. Hanbury ◽  
G. L. Maughan
Keyword(s):  
Sugar Beet ◽  
Weed Control ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Field Trials ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Potential Yield ◽  
Mechanical Methods ◽  
Large Scale Field ◽  
Commercial Yield ◽  
Mechanical Weed Control

Large-scale field trials in sugar beet were undertaken between 1961 and 1963 to examine the effects of chemical or mechanical weed control followed by machine thinning in terms of labour economy and yield of the crop. The seedling populations were left untrimmed by hand and, where the weed-control measures were completely effective or nearly so, the crops were left unweeded. Yield samples were taken both by hand and by machine so that the potential yield as well as the likely commercial yield might be determined. The chemical and mechanical methods that were studied saved about 75% of the normal labour demand and gave root yields 91.5% of those following hand work.

Mechanical weed control in sugar beet growing: The detection of a plant in a row

1991 ◽  
Vol 24 (11) ◽  
pp. 207-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Bontsema ◽  
T. Grift ◽  
K. Pleijsier
Keyword(s):  
Sugar Beet ◽  
Weed Control ◽  
Mechanical Weed Control

Camera steered mechanical weed control in sugar beet, maize and soybean

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 708-720 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph Kunz ◽  
Jonas F. Weber ◽  
Gerassimos G. Peteinatos ◽  
Markus Sökefeld ◽  
Roland Gerhards
Keyword(s):  
Sugar Beet ◽  
Weed Control ◽  
Mechanical Weed Control

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.

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