Paper · 2025 · Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

Weed Control and Corn Yield Following Preemergence and Sequential Applications of Mesotrione-based Premixtures

Patrick W. Geier; Sarah H. Lancaster

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Abstract

All herbicides evaluated provided good control of Palmer amaranth, kochia, and Russian thistle at Garden City and Palmer amaranth and common sunflower at Manhattan early in the season. Control of Russian thistle at Garden City, sunflower at Manhattan, and Palmer amaranth at both locations remained high with all treatments throughout the season. Trivolt at 20 oz/a controlled entireleaf morningglory 73% at Manhattan early in the season. Morningglory control was greater than 92% with all treatments except Storen at 2.4 qt/a plus atrazine or Acuron preemergence (PRE) later in the season. Minor (<10%) corn injury was observed at Manhattan, but grain yields did not differ by the end of the season. At Garden City, grain yields were highest when Acuron plus atrazine or Storen plus atrazine were applied PRE, and when split applications of Lumax EZ or Storen were applied PRE followed by postemergence (POST). Producers need to be aware that below-labeled rates of herbicides can increase the risk of herbicide resistance development, and control of late-emerging weeds is important.

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

All herbicides gave good control of Palmer amaranth, kochia and Russian thistle at Garden City early in the season.

Treatment
All herbicides evaluatede0
Interactor
Palmer amaranthe0weed
Second interactor
kochiaBassiae0weed
Outcome
controle0
Direction
goode0
Qualifier
Russian thistlee0
Setting
Garden Citye0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Zea mays subsp. mays
Zea mays subsp. mays · TaxonDominicus Johannes Bergsma · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Bassia
Bassia · Second interactor · picture of the genus (one of its species)Felagund · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“All herbicides evaluated provided good control of Palmer amaranth, kochia, and Russian thistle at Garden City”

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“Minor (<10%) corn injury was observed at Manhattan”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Russian thistle, sunflower and Palmer amaranth control remained high with all treatments.

Treatment
all treatmentse0
Interactor
Russian thistleSalsola traguse0weed
Second interactor
sunflowerHelianthus annuuse0weed
Outcome
Controle0
Direction
remained highe0
Qualifier
Palmer amaranth at both locationse0
Setting
Garden Citye0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Zea mays subsp. mays
Zea mays subsp. mays · TaxonDominicus Johannes Bergsma · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Salsola tragus
Salsola tragus · InteractorAnRo0002 · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Helianthus annuus
Helianthus annuus · Second interactorJon Sullivan · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Control of Russian thistle at Garden City, sunflower at Manhattan, and Palmer amaranth at both locations remained high with all treatments throughout the season”

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“Minor (<10%) corn injury was observed at Manhattan”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Trivolt at 20 oz/a controlled entireleaf morningglory by 73% at Manhattan early in the season.

Treatment
Trivolt at 20 oz/ae0
Interactor
entireleaf morningglorye0weed
Outcome
controle0
Direction
controllede0
Value
73%e0
Setting
Manhattane0

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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Zea mays subsp. mays
Zea mays subsp. mays · TaxonDominicus Johannes Bergsma · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Trivolt at 20 oz/a controlled entireleaf morningglory 73% at Manhattan early in the season”

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“Minor (<10%) corn injury was observed at Manhattan”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Morningglory control was greater than 92% with all treatments except Storen at 2.4 qt/a plus atrazine or Acuron preemergence.

Treatment
all treatmentse0
Interactor
Morningglorye0weed
Outcome
Morningglory controle0
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greater thane0
Value
92%e0
Comparator
Storen at 2.4 qt/a plus atrazine or Acuron preemergence (PRE)e0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Zea mays subsp. mays
Zea mays subsp. mays · TaxonDominicus Johannes Bergsma · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Morningglory control was greater than 92% with all treatments except Storen at 2.4 qt/a plus atrazine or Acuron preemergence (PRE) later in the season”

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“Minor (<10%) corn injury was observed at Manhattan”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Minor corn injury (below 10%) was observed at Manhattan.

Outcome
corn injurye0
Direction
Minore0
Value
<10%e0
Setting
Manhattane0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Zea mays subsp. mays
Zea mays subsp. mays · TaxonDominicus Johannes Bergsma · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Minor (<10%) corn injury was observed at Manhattan, but grain yields did not differ by the end of the season”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

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Grain yields did not differ by the end of the season at Manhattan.

Outcome
grain yieldse0
Direction
did not differe0
Setting
Manhattane0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Zea mays subsp. mays
Zea mays subsp. mays · TaxonDominicus Johannes Bergsma · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Minor (<10%) corn injury was observed at Manhattan, but grain yields did not differ by the end of the season”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 591–699 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

At Garden City, grain yields were highest with Acuron plus atrazine or Storen plus atrazine applied PRE.

Treatment
Acuron plus atrazine or Storen plus atrazinee1
Outcome
grain yieldse1
Direction
higheste1
Setting
Garden Citye1

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Zea mays subsp. mays
Zea mays subsp. mays · TaxonDominicus Johannes Bergsma · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Minor (<10%) corn injury was observed at Manhattan”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 591–641 · show in text ↑
e1

“At Garden City, grain yields were highest when Acuron plus atrazine or Storen plus atrazine were applied PRE”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 701–809 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

At Garden City, grain yields were highest with split applications of Lumax EZ or Storen PRE followed by POST.

Treatment
split applications of Lumax EZ or Storene2
Outcome
grain yieldse1
Direction
higheste1
Setting
Garden Citye1

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Zea mays subsp. mays
Zea mays subsp. mays · TaxonDominicus Johannes Bergsma · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Minor (<10%) corn injury was observed at Manhattan”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 591–641 · show in text ↑
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“At Garden City, grain yields were highest when Acuron plus atrazine or Storen plus atrazine were applied PRE”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 701–809 · show in text ↑
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“when split applications of Lumax EZ or Storen were applied PRE followed by postemergence (POST)”

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Associationauthor interpretationoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Below-labeled herbicide rates increase the risk of herbicide resistance development.

Treatment
below-labeled rates of herbicidese1
Outcome
risk of herbicide resistance developmente1
Direction
increasee1

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Zea mays subsp. mays
Zea mays subsp. mays · TaxonDominicus Johannes Bergsma · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Minor (<10%) corn injury was observed at Manhattan”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 591–641 · show in text ↑
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“below-labeled rates of herbicides can increase the risk of herbicide resistance development”

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Recommendationauthor interpretationoriginal resultbasis n/a

Claim · model-written summary

Control of late-emerging weeds is important in corn.

Outcome
control of late-emerging weedse1

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Zea mays subsp. mays
Zea mays subsp. mays · TaxonDominicus Johannes Bergsma · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Minor (<10%) corn injury was observed at Manhattan”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 591–641 · show in text ↑
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“control of late-emerging weeds is important”

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