Abstract
Weeded check plots are an integral part of most weed control experiments. They provide a measure of the maximum crop yield without weed competition in a given site-year environment. The traditional way to create weeded check plots is to hoe and pull weeds by hand in the row and hoe weeds between rows. But erratic heavy rainfall can prevent timely hoeing. The objective of this experiment was to compare faster, less-laborious mechanized ways to control weeds between crop rows as alternatives to hoeing in corn and soybean. Hoeing, the traditional method for controlling weeds between crop rows, was compared with either repeated mowing using a cord-mower or a string-trimmer or shallow tilling with a rototiller between rows. Weeds growing in rows were controlled by hand-pulling and hoeing because the focus of the experiment was on speeding weed control between rows. All four methods for controlling weeds between crop rows were equally effective when measured as either corn or soybean yield, visual rating of weed control, or weed ground cover in two years under contrasting rainfall patterns. Cord-mowing or string-trimming between rows was possible when soil was dry enough to walk upon but too wet to hoe or rototill.Nomenclature: Corn, Zea mays L. ‘Pioneer 3379’; soybean, Glycine max (L.) Merr. ‘Pioneer 9381’.Additional index words: Mowing, rototilling, sustainable agriculture, tillage, SETFA.Abbreviations: BR, between row; IR, in row.
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Claims 4
Claim · model-written summary
Between-row mowing or tilling was equally effective as hoeing for corn yield, visual weed control rating and weed ground cover.
- Taxon
- corn
Zea mays subsp. mayse1 - Treatment
- repeated mowing using a cord-mower or a string-trimmer or shallow tilling with a rototillere2
- Interactor
- weedse1weed
- Outcome
- yield, visual rating of weed control, or weed ground covere1
- Direction
- equally effectivee1
- Comparator
- Hoeinge2
- Setting
- in two years under contrasting rainfall patternse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Corn (Zea mays)”
e1“All four methods for controlling weeds between crop rows were equally effective when measured as either corn or soybean yield, visual rating of weed control, or weed ground cover in two years under contrasting rainfall patterns”
e2“Hoeing, the traditional method for controlling weeds between crop rows, was compared with either repeated mowing using a cord-mower or a string-trimmer or shallow tilling with a rototiller between rows”
Claim · model-written summary
Between-row mowing or tilling was equally effective as hoeing for soybean yield, visual weed control rating and weed ground cover.
- Taxon
- soybean
Glycine maxe1 - Treatment
- repeated mowing using a cord-mower or a string-trimmer or shallow tilling with a rototillere2
- Interactor
- weedse1weed
- Outcome
- yield, visual rating of weed control, or weed ground covere1
- Direction
- equally effectivee1
- Comparator
- Hoeinge2
- Setting
- in two years under contrasting rainfall patternse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Soybean (Glycine max)”
e1“All four methods for controlling weeds between crop rows were equally effective when measured as either corn or soybean yield, visual rating of weed control, or weed ground cover in two years under contrasting rainfall patterns”
e2“Hoeing, the traditional method for controlling weeds between crop rows, was compared with either repeated mowing using a cord-mower or a string-trimmer or shallow tilling with a rototiller between rows”
Claim · model-written summary
Cord-mowing or string-trimming between corn rows was possible when soil was dry enough to walk upon but too wet to hoe or rototill.
- Taxon
- CornZea mays subsp. mayst0
- Treatment
- Cord-mowing or string-trimming between rowse3
- Outcome
- possiblee3
- Qualifier
- when soil was dry enough to walk upon but too wet to hoe or rototille3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Corn (Zea mays)”
e3“Cord-mowing or string-trimming between rows was possible when soil was dry enough to walk upon but too wet to hoe or rototill”
Claim · model-written summary
Cord-mowing or string-trimming between soybean rows was possible when soil was dry enough to walk upon but too wet to hoe or rototill.
- Taxon
- SoybeanGlycine maxt0
- Treatment
- Cord-mowing or string-trimming between rowse3
- Outcome
- possiblee3
- Qualifier
- when soil was dry enough to walk upon but too wet to hoe or rototille3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Soybean (Glycine max)”
e3“Cord-mowing or string-trimming between rows was possible when soil was dry enough to walk upon but too wet to hoe or rototill”
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