Weed control in winter crops 2008
Good weed control management in winter crops is a vital part of successful and profitable crop production. Yield losses caused by weeds can vary enormously from being almost negligible to a complete loss. Weeds lower crop yields by competing for soil moisture, nutrients, space and light and can carry diseases which attack crops. This competition reduces grain yield and quality, and can impede harvesting. Some weeds can restrict cropping options as herbicides for control are sometimes limited.
Weed control is a numbers game. Growers should aim to reduce numbers and keep them low with an ongoing program. The key to successful control of weeds is an integrated weed management system combining all the available methods: crop rotation, haymaking or silage making, pasture management, good agronomic practices, timely cultivation, in-crop weed control, and managing herbicide resistance.
Weed control in winter crops 2008 is a guide to chemical weed control in fallows, wheat, barley, oats, cereal rye, triticale, canola, safflower, lentil, linseed, linola, lupin, chickpea, faba bean and field pea.
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Weed control in winter crops 2008 - Part 1 Contents, weed control management in winter crops, weed glossary, growth stages of cereal crops, using herbicides successfully, poison warnings on herbicide labels, harvest aid or salvage spraying of winter crops, water quality for herbicide application, using adjuvants, surfactants and oils with herbicides, directory of herbicide manufacturers/distributors, cleaning and decontaminating boomsprays, boomspray calibration. |
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Weed control in winter crops 2008 - Part 2 Managing your legal responsibilities in applying pesticides, how to fill out your pesticide application record sheet, reducing herbicide spray drift, identifying cereal seedlings, tables 4-8, herbicides for fallow/stubble grass and broadleaf weed control management, pre-sowing and salvage seedbed weed control, weed control for wheat, barley and oats. |
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Weed control in winter crops 2008 - Part 3 Herbicide resistance management, tables 9-14, herbicides for weed control: oats, cereal rye and triticale, safflower, canola. |
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Weed control in winter crops 2008 - Part 4 Pulse crop growth stages, tables 15-22, herbicides for weed control: linseed and linola, chickpea, fieldpea, lupin, faba bean and lentil. |
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Weed control in winter crops 2008 - Part 5 Sensitivity to herbicides in winter crop varieties, tables 23-30. |
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Weed control in winter crops 2008 - Part 6 Sensitivity of barley and wheat cultivars to herbicides, tables 31-34, location of NSW DPI district agronomists. |
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