Physical and herbicide weed control in wide row lupins in Western Australia
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
9-2014
Conference Title
19th Australasian Weeds Conference
Place of Publication
Hobart, Tasmania
ISBN
978-0-646-92454-0
Keywords
Lupins, wide rows, inter-row cultivation, shielded spraying, metribuzin, annual ryegrass, wild radish.
Disciplines
Agricultural Science | Agronomy and Crop Sciences | Weed Science
Abstract
Inter-row cultivation or shielded spraying can be used within wide row crops, in order to reduce weed growth between crop rows while causing minimal damage to the crop plants. However, this only kills weeds between the rows and weeds remain within the crop row (i.e. in-row weeds). Removing weed seed laden soil from the row (i.e. mechanical sweeps over the row) and spraying a narrow band of herbicide directly onto the crop row at seeding may help reduce the problem of in-row weeds. Metribuzin may be an effective herbicide to band over the row, for tolerant lupin (Lupinus angustifolius L.) varieties like Coromup. However, metribuzin is not registered for this practice.
The aim of the study was to assess the effect of over-the-row scraper sweeps and banded herbicides at seeding, and inter-row cultivation after lupin emergence, on weed numbers and lupin crop growth and yield.
Recommended Citation
Riethmuller, G,
Borger, C,
and
Hashem, A.
(2014), Physical and herbicide weed control in wide row lupins in Western Australia, 19th Australasian Weeds Conference, Hobart, Tasmania, pp.79-82.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/conf_papers/310
