Growing competitive sorghum and mungbean crops to suppress summer weeds Article Swipe
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· 2020
· Open Access
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· OA: W3095732070
Take home message \n• Feathertop Rhodes grass (FTR) and awnless barnyard grass (ABG) are both difficult to control summer grass weeds with both species prone to herbicide resistance evolution \n• Growing a competitive sorghum or mungbean crop can reduce growth and seed production of FTR and ABG \n• ABG is more susceptible to the impacts of crop competition than FTR \n• Sorghum competitiveness can be increased by growing the crop at a narrow row spacing (50 cm) and increased density (10 to 15 plants/m2) \n• Mungbean competitiveness is most effectively increased through the use of narrow row spacing (25 and 50 cm) \n• Consider growing a competitive summer crop to take pressure off relying solely on in-crop herbicides for summer grass control.
