Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Preemergence mesotrione did not reduce sweet corn plant height or yield.

A claim from Sweet Corn (Zea mays) Cultivar Sensitivity to Mesotrione* · 2002

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Preemergence mesotrione did not reduce sweet corn plant height or yield.

Taxon
Sweet Cornt0
Treatment
PRE applications of mesotrionee0
Outcome
plant height or yielde0
Direction
no injury, or reductionse0

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“There was no injury, or reductions in plant height or yield with PRE applications of mesotrione at any location in either year.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 455–582
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“Sweet Corn”

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Title

Sweet Corn (Zea mays) Cultivar Sensitivity to Mesotrione*

JOHN O'SULLIVAN; JOHN ZANDSTRA; PETER SIKKEMA Weed Technology 2002. doi:10.1614/0890-037x(2002)016[0421:sczmcs]2.0.co;2

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mesotrione · yield · Zea mays (maize)Results differ

29 papers: 21 positive, 8 negative or no effect

20 papers in the same direction as this claim · 6 in the opposite direction · 2 reporting no difference from an alternative

  1. negative
    Mesotrione caused 9 to 40% yield losses only in homozygous cypcyp hybrids.

    Genetic Factors Influencing Adverse Effects of Mesotrione and Nicosulfuron on Sweet Corn Yield · 2010

    Opposite directionCites this paper

  2. no effect
    Adding atrazine to mesotrione did not increase yield-loss risk relative to mesotrione alone.

    Photosystem II‐Inhibitors Play a Limited Role in Sweet Corn Response to 4‐Hydroxyphenyl Pyruvate Dioxygenase‐Inhibiting Herbicides · 2014 · compared with HPPD‐inhibitor applied alone

    No difference from an alternativeCites this paper

  3. no effect
    Transient mesotrione injury did not reduce corn yield.

    Mesotrione Alone and in Mixtures with Glyphosate in Glyphosate-Resistant Corn (Zea mays)1 · 2003

    Opposite direction

  4. negative
    Mesotrione alone produced the lowest field yield.

    Efficacy and selectivity of alternative herbicides to glyphosate on maize · 2019

    Opposite direction

  5. no effect
    Mesotrione injury did not reduce corn yield in the studies.

    Corn Response to Mesotrione as Affected by Soil Insecticide, Application Method, and Rate · 2008

    Opposite direction

  6. no effect
    Corn grain yield was unaffected by the mixture that caused greater injury.

    Early Postemergence Herbicide Tank-Mixtures for Control of Waterhemp Resistant to Four Herbicide Modes of Action in Corn · 2021

    Opposite direction

  7. negative
    Mesotrione reduced yield of cypcyp hybrids.

    Studies on sweet corn: Stewart's wilt forecasting, the effect of maize dwarf mosaic on foliar diseases, and herbicide sensitivity · 2010

    Opposite direction

  8. no effect
    Drone mesotrione plus atrazine with adjuvant was statistically on par with knapsack spraying for yield.

    Evaluation of post emergence herbicides spraying in maize (Zea mays L.) by using drone · 2024 · compared with T5- spraying of mesotrione 2.27% + atrazine 22.7% SC 875 g ha-1 (RM) by using knapsack sprayer

    No difference from an alternative

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herbicide · yield · Zea mays (maize)Positive and negative results

651 papers: 500 positive, 151 negative or no effect

499 papers in the same direction as this claim · 127 in the opposite direction · 24 reporting no difference from an alternative

  1. no effect
    Preemergence pyroxasulfone did not reduce plant height, cob size or yield in tested sweet corn hybrids.

    Tolerance of Eight Sweet Corn (Zea mays L.) Hybrids to Pyroxasulfone · 2008

    Opposite directionCites this paper

  2. no effect
    Sweet corn yield was not affected by herbicide treatment in 2004.

    Control of Volunteer Potato (Solanum tuberosum) in Sweet Corn with Mesotrione Is Unaffected by Atrazine and Tillage · 2008

    Opposite directionCites this paper

  3. positive
    Directed postemergence nicosulfuron prevented the Jubilee yield reduction associated with nicosulfuron and terbufos.

    Nicosulfuron Tolerance in Sweet Corn (Zea mays) as Affected by Hybrid, Rootworm Insecticide, and Nicosulfuron Treatment · 1996 · compared with nicosulfuron and terbufos

    Same directionCited by this paper

  4. negative
    Without herbicide, yield was reduced regardless of row spacing or population.

    Influence of Narrow Row/High Population Corn (Zea mays) on Weed Control and Light Transmittance · 1995

    Opposite direction

  5. negative
    Lack of weed control reduced green ear yield and grain yield of corn.

    Corn yield response to weed and fall armyworm controls · 2010 · compared with weed control

    Opposite direction

  6. no effect
    Herbicide-treated plots had no significant corn grain yield difference from handweeded plots.

    Effect of Postemergence Application Rate and Timing of Mesotrione on Corn (Zea mays) Response and Weed Control1 · 2002 · compared with handweeded plots

    Opposite direction

  7. negative
    Withholding herbicides reduced continuous corn yield by 10 to 27% in ridge tillage.

    Weed Seed Populations in Ridge and Conventional Tillage · 1988

    Opposite direction

  8. negative
    Corn yields in narrow rows with reduced herbicide were about 10% below wide rows with full herbicide.

    Effect of row width on herbicide and cultivation requirements in row crops · 1992 · compared with WR with 100% RAR

    Opposite direction

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