Claim · model-written summary
Producers should include weed control to sustain alfalfa production, stands and forage quality.
- Taxon
- alfalfa
Medicago sativae0 - Outcome
- including weed control in their management programe0
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Verbatim
e0“To achieve maximum alfalfa production and maintain excellent stands and forage quality for a number of years, producers need to start including weed control in their management program”
Title
Weed Control in Alfalfa — Present & Future
Charles H. Slack UKnowledge (University of Kentucky) 1985
Other claims from this paper (3)
- Association Early weed competition without herbicides impairs establishment of good alfalfa stands.
- Association Alfalfa stands tend to decline before their maximum productive duration without maintenance herbicides.
- Observation Several unregistered herbicides show promise against annual and perennial grasses in established alfalfa.