WEED INTERFERENCE IN COTTON PLANTS GROWN WITH REDUCED SPACING IN THE SECOND HARVEST SEASON

Authors

  • Michel Alex Raimondi Center for Advanced Studies in Weed Research/Agronomy Departament, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, PR.
  • Rubem Silvério Oliveira Junior Center for Advanced Studies in Weed Research/Agronomy Departament, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, PR.
  • Jamil Constantin Center for Advanced Studies in Weed Research/Agronomy Departament, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, PR
  • Luiz Henrique Morais Franchini Center for Advanced Studies in Weed Research/Agronomy Departament, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, PR
  • Éder Blainski Terra Paraná Agricultural Research and Training, Assis Chateaubriand, PR.
  • Ricardo Travassso Raimondi Center for Advanced Studies in Weed Research/Agronomy Departament, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, PR

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1983-21252017v30n101rc

Keywords:

Sowing season. Gossypium hirsutum L.. Interference period. Weeds.

Abstract

Changes in row spacing may result in changes in crop and weed behavior and crop-weed competition. A study was performed to determine the periods of weed presence and weed control in cotton sown with 0.76 m spacing between planting rows. Cotton cultivar FM 993 was sown on 01/08/2010 with the aim of reaching a density of 190,000 seeds ha-1. Treatments with either weed presence or weed control during the first 0, 5, 10, 15, 22, 29, 36, 43, 50, 57, 64, 71, and 190 days of cultivation were established to determine the period prior to weed interference (PPI), total period of interference prevention (TPIP) and critical period of weed control (CPWC). The weed species with high relative importance were Amaranthus retroflexus, Bidens pilosa, Eleusine indica, Digitaria horizontalis, Alternanthera tenella, and Commelina benghalensis. Considering a maximum yield loss of 5%, the PPI was established 11 days after cotton emergence (DAE), the TPWC at 46 DAE, and the CPWC between 11 and 46 DAE, for a total duration of 35 days. Considering a maximum acceptable yield loss equal to the standard deviation for the weed-free treatment, the PPI was established at 6 DAE, the TPWC at 55 DAE, and the CPWC between 6 and 55 DAE for a total duration of 49 days.

Author Biography

  • Michel Alex Raimondi, Center for Advanced Studies in Weed Research/Agronomy Departament, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, PR.
    Doutorando em Agronomia (Fitotecnia)

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Published

02-12-2016

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Agronomy