Abstract
Abstract In the Mid-Atlantic United States, there is increasing interest in delaying cereal rye termination until after soybean planting (i.e., planting green). Improved understanding of cereal rye seeding rate effects is needed to balance weed and agronomic management goals. We investigated the effects of cereal rye seeding rates on weed control and crop performance when planting green in complementary experiments in two Mid-Atlantic regions. The Pennsylvania experiment was replicated at three site-years and the Delaware experiment at two site-years. In both experiments, population-level weed responses were evaluated across four cereal rye seeding rates: 0, 51, 101, and 135 kg ha −1 . The Delaware experiment also implemented a nitrogen treatment factor (0 and 34 kg N ha −1 ; spring applied). Both experiments showed that integrating cereal rye in the fall significantly improved winter- and summer-annual weed suppression compared with the fallow control, but no differences in total cereal rye biomass production or weed suppression were found among alternative cereal rye seeding rates (51 to 135 kg ha −1 ). Soybean yield did not differ among treatments in any of the studies. These results show there is no reason to increase cereal rye seeding rates for weed suppression services or to decrease seeding rates for agronomic reasons (i.e., soybean population and yield) when employing planting-green tactics in no-till soybean production within the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.
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Integrating cereal rye in the fall significantly improved winter- and summer-annual weed suppression compared with the fallow control in no-till soybean in the Mid-Atlantic regions.
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e0“Both experiments showed that integrating cereal rye in the fall significantly improved winter- and summer-annual weed suppression compared with the fallow control”
e1“We investigated the effects of cereal rye seeding rates on weed control and crop performance when planting green in complementary experiments in two Mid-Atlantic regions”
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Total cereal rye biomass production and weed suppression did not differ among alternative cereal rye seeding rates.
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e2“but no differences in total cereal rye biomass production or weed suppression were found among alternative cereal rye seeding rates”
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Soybean yield did not differ among the treatments in any of the studies.
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e3“Soybean yield did not differ among treatments in any of the studies”
e1“We investigated the effects of cereal rye seeding rates on weed control and crop performance when planting green in complementary experiments in two Mid-Atlantic regions”
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The authors recommend against raising cereal rye seeding rates for weed suppression, or lowering them for agronomic reasons, when planting green in no-till soybean in the Mid-Atlantic region.
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e4“These results show there is no reason to increase cereal rye seeding rates for weed suppression services or to decrease seeding rates for agronomic reasons (i.e., soybean population and yield) when employing planting-green tactics in no-till soybean production within the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States”