Punch planting with flame weeding reduced intra-row weed densities by 30% in fodder beet compared with normal drilling with flame weeding.

herbicide · weed · Beta vulgaris (beet)Positive and negative results

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1. positive
   Pre-emergence flame weeding reduced weed density by 47% in sugar beet compared with N.

   Punch planting, flame weeding and delayed sowing to reduce intra‐row weeds in row crops · 2011 · compared with N

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2. no effect
   Weed diversity was little affected by treatment in all three crops except immediately after herbicide use.

   Weeds in fields with contrasting conventional and genetically modified herbicide–tolerant crops. I. Effects on abundance and diversity · 2003

   Opposite direction

3. negative
   GMHT beet significantly reduced seed rain important to 16 bird species.

   Weed seed resources for birds in fields with contrasting conventional and genetically modified herbicide-tolerant crops · 2006 · compared with conventional halves

   Opposite direction

4. negative
   Reduced tillage intensity and refusal of full-scale herbicides had a negative but not significant influence on weed infestation, except under no-tillage.

   The effect of conservation primary and zero tillage on soil bulk density, water content, sugar beet growth and weed infestation. · 2009

   Opposite direction

5. negative
   Herbicides applied at four to six leaves controlled weeds less effectively than when sugarbeets had two to four leaves.

   Control of Weeds in Sugarbeets (Beta vulgaris) with Handhoeing and Herbicides · 1983 · compared with when sugarbeets had two to four leaves

   Opposite direction

6. negative
   A subsurface herbicide layer caused extreme activity and killed sugarbeets and weeds.

   Response of Sugarbeets and Weeds to Cycloate, Propachlor, and Pyrazon · 1971

   Opposite direction

7. negative
   The treatment "low-dose post-emergence band herbicide application twice + tractor hoeing twice" gave 89.9% weed control, below the hand-hoeing control (98.6%).

   POSSIBILITIES OF REDUCING HERBICIDE USE IN WEED CONTROL IN SUGAR BEET PRODUCTION · 2012 · compared with hand hoeing twice + thinning (control)

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8. no effect
   Mixing the herbicide with the insecticide did not reduce the ability of the herbicide to control weeds effectively.

   Effects of Combinations of Liquid and Granular Formulations of Disulfoton and Cycloate on Sugarbeets1 · 1973

   Opposite direction

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