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Weed Control in Green Peas. Tim Miller WSU Mount Vernon NWREC. Positive Attributes of Green Peas. Many herbicides available Densely-growing crop competes well with weeds Short-season crop Lower soil N may decrease weed growth.
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Weed Control in Green Peas Tim Miller WSU Mount Vernon NWREC
Positive Attributes of Green Peas • Many herbicides available • Densely-growing crop competes well with weeds • Short-season crop • Lower soil N may decrease weed growth
Preplant-incorporated Herbicides Available for Use in Green Peas • Treflan (trifluralin) • Far-Go (triallate) • Buckle (trifluralin + triallate) • Pursuit (imazethapyr) • Prowl (pendimethalin) • Sharpen (saflufenacil)
Preemergence Herbicides Available for Use in Green Peas • Pursuit (imazethapyr) • Prowl (pendimethalin) • Dual Magnum (s-metolachlor) • Command (clomazone) • Sencor (metribuzin) • Sharpen (saflufenacil)
Postemergence Herbicides Available for Use in Green Peas • Pursuit (imazethapyr) • Sencor (metribuzin) • MCPA • MCPB • Basagran (bentazon) • Poast (sethoxydim) • Assure II (quizalofop)
Green Pea Studies • Competitive Ability of Green Pea • Reduced Rate Herbicide Trials • Stale Seedbed Trials • Spartan and Chateau Trials (if there is time…)
Pea Interference Study • 'Charo' green pea • Weeds removed from plots at weekly intervals and kept weed-free until harvest • 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 weeks after emergence • Weedy and weed-free plots
Pea Interference Studies • Pea plant density slightly reduced by weed interference • Pea size not reduced by duration of weed interference, but pod number decreased • No yield loss if weeds were controlled by 5 weeks after emergence
Reduced Rate Herbicide Trials2001-03 • ‘Snake’ pea seeded early May • PRE herbicides applied shortly after seeding • POST herbicides applied late May to early June • Weed control and crop injury estimated • Peas and weeds harvested in late July/early August • Sampling within a 1 m2 quadrat • Pea yield and plant biomass calculated • Weed biomass calculated • Seeds from weeds germinated in the greenhouse
Reduced Rate Herbicide Trials • Tested herbicides were: • Command, PRE • Sencor, PRE and POST • Basagran, POST • MCPA, POST • Various combinations of these products were tested at various rates
Reduced Rate Herbicide Trials • Six “full rate” treatments: • Command (1.3 pt/a, PRE) • Sencor (5.3 oz/a, PRE) • Sencor (2.7 oz/a, POST) • MCPA (8 fl. oz/a, POST) • Basagran (1.5 pt/a, POST) • Command + Basagran (1.3 pt/a + 1.5 pt/a, PRE + POST)
Reduced Rate Herbicide Trials • 14 “partial rate” treatments: • Command (11 fl. oz/a, PRE) • Sencor (2.7 oz/a, PRE) • Sencor (1.3 oz/a, POST) • MCPA (4 fl. oz/a, POST) • Basagran (12 fl. oz/a, POST)
Reduced Rate Herbicide Trials • 14 “partial rate” treatments (cont.): • Command + Sencor • 5.4 fl. oz/a + 1.3 oz/a, PRE • Command + Sencor • 5.4 fl. oz/a + 0.7 oz/a, PRE + POST • Command + Basagran • 5.4 fl. oz/a + 12 fl. oz/a, PRE + POST • Command + MCPA • 5.4 fl. oz/a + 2 fl. oz/a, PRE + POST
Reduced Rate Herbicide Trials • 14 “partial rate” treatments (cont.): • Sencor + Basagran • 1.3 oz/a + 12 fl. oz/a, PRE + POST • Sencor + MCPA • 1.3 oz/a + 2 fl. oz/a, PRE + POST • Sencor + Basagran • 0.7 oz/a + 12 fl. oz/a, POST • Sencor + MCPA • 0.7 oz/a + 2 fl. oz/a, POST • Basagran + MCPA • 12 fl. oz/a + 2 fl. oz/a, POST
Pea Yield2001-03 tons/a a a ab ab ab g
Biomass Returned to the Field2001-03 tons/a abc a ab ab abc bcd ghi hij g ij ij j
Pea:Weed Biomass Ratios • Divide the pea biomass by the weed biomass • If ratio is >1.0, more pea residue than weeds returned • If ratio is <1.0, more weeds than peas returned
Pea:Weed Biomass Ratio2001-03 a b cd bc d d
Reduced Rate Herbicide Trial—Total Weed Seed Germination Counts weeds/m2
Reduced Rate Herbicide Trial—Total Weed Seed Germination Counts weeds/m2
Reduced Rate Herbicide Trial—Total Weed Seed Germination Counts weeds/m2
Weed Seed Germination • So in this case, return of weed seed to field would have resulted in: • Command + Basagran (PRE + POST) • 3 weeds/m2 (12,000/acre) • Sencor (PRE) • 469 weeds/m2 (1.9 million/acre) • Untreated check • 8055 weeds/m2 (32.6 million/acre)
Reduced Rate Herbicide TrialConclusions, 2001-03 • All herbicide treatments resulted in at least 2 tonsof harvested peas/a (6 full rates, 14 partial rates) • Based on dry biomass production, only 8 of 20 treatments adequately controlled weeds (4 full rates, 4 partial rates) • Weed dry biomass in the remaining 12 treatments exceeded pea dry biomass • Even in a short-season crop like green peas, only 1 of 20 treatments prevented tremendousreturn of weed seed to the field (full rate of Command + Basagran)
Stale Seedbed Allow weed seeds to germinate, then kill them with herbicide or flame prior to crop emergence
Stale Seedbed Trial Overview2007-09 • Seedbed preparation: • Two weeks prior to seeding (14 d) • One week prior to seeding (7 d) • Three days prior to seeding (3 d) • Same day as seeding (0 d) • Seeding dates (‘Snake’) • 5/2507, 7/1/08, and 5/21/09
Stale Seedbed Trial Overview2007-09 • PREPO treatments (PRE to pea, POST to weeds): • Glyphosate (1 lb ae/a, 2 pt/a) • Paraquat (0.75 lb ai/a; 2.4 pt/a) • Glufosinate (0.5 lb ai/a; 4 pt/a) • Pyraflufen (0.004 lb ai/a; 2.5 fl.oz/a) • Flame (propane, open flame) • None
Stale Seedbed Trial Overview2007-09 • PRE treatments (residual herbicides applied at same time as the PREPO treatments): • Command (0.5 lb ai/a; 1.3 pt/a) • Prowl H2O (1.52 lb ai/a; 3.2 pt/a) • Sencor (0.38 lb ai/a; 8.1 oz/a) • None
Stale Seedbed Trial Overview2007-09 • Herbicide/flame application dates (days after seeding) • 2007: 8 days • 2008: 5 days • 2009: 16 days • Years were significantly different, so data are presented separately by year
Stale Seedbed Trial2007 Results • Weed control at 21 DAT generally good at all seedbed timings • Glyphosate, 93 to 95% • Paraquat, 94% • Glufosinate, 86 to 94% • Pyraflufen, 54% (14 d); 71 to 86% • Flame, 70% (14 d); 83 to 88% • None, 0% (14 d); 60 to 76% • By harvest, weed control was poor to good
Weed Control At Pea HarvestJuly, 2007 % 67% 83% 80% 78%
Stale Seedbed Trial2008 Results • Green pea vine and pod fresh weight were not greatly affected by herbicide choice (ranged from 3.46 kg/m2 for no herbicide to 3.90 kg/m2 for glyphosate) • Seedbed timing made no significant difference on green pea vine and pod fresh weight (3.54 to 3.79 kg/m2)
Weed Control At Pea Harvest September, 2008 % 86% 83% 86% 79%
Stale Seedbed Trial2009 Results • Peas in stale seedbeds prepared 14 days prior to seeding were injured up to 70% by initial POST herbicides and flame (shallower seeding in firm seedbeds?) • Pea vine and pod weight was reduced the most by glyphosate and paraquat • Residual products provided 85 to 89% weed control, better than the 81% resulting when no residual product was used • Green pea vine and pod fresh weight were not greatly affected by residual herbicide choice (about 2.8 kg/m2)
Weed Control At Pea HarvestJuly, 2009 % 97% 96% 53% 94%
Stale Seedbed Conclusions2007-09 • Weed control was generally good regardless of herbicide choice or flame • In 2007, flame and pyraflufen performed worse than other herbicides, particularly with 14 d seedbed • Ranged from 75 to 89% among all treatments in 2007-08 and from 80 to 99% in 2009 • Injury was 70% for 14 d seedbeds in 2009, and was worse with glyphosate and paraquat on those seedbeds in 2009 • Green pea did not respond greatly to seedbed timing any year • Weed control was slightly improved with 0 to 7 d seedbeds compared to 14 d seedbeds
Spartan and Chateau Trial2003 • Two newer soybean herbicides with good nightshade activity and were tested for selectivity in pea • Spartan (sulfentrazone, FMC) • Chateau (flumioxazin, Valent) • Tests conducted in Mount Vernon, Paterson (Rick Boydston), and Pullman (Joe Yenish) on green peas, dry peas, lentils, and chickpeas
Spartan and Chateau Trial • Mount Vernon trial, 2003 • ‘Snake’ pea seeded May 6 • Herbicides applied alone and at 4 rates each June 4, as well as in mixture with Prowl or Dual Magnum at 2 rates each • Weed control and crop injury estimated • Peas and weeds harvested in late July • Sampling within a 1-m2 quadrat • Pea yield calculated
Common Lambsquarters Counts Chateau weeds/m2 Counted 14 days after treatment
Common Lambsquarters Counts Spartan weeds/m2 Counted 14 days after treatment
Mount Vernon Results • No significant difference in weed control • No significant difference in pea injury • No significant difference in pea yield
Spartan and Chateau Trial • Paterson trial, 2003 • ‘Snake’ pea seeded April 21 • Herbicides applied April 25 at same rates and combinations as at Mount Vernon • Weed control and crop injury estimated • Peas and weeds harvested in late July • Sampling within a 1-m2 quadrat • Pea yield calculated
Pea Injury Chateau % Injury 35 days after treatment
Pea Yield Chateau tons/a
Pea InjurySpartan % Injury 35 days after treatment
Pea YieldSpartan tons/a