Efficacy of different strategies using an ALS-inhibitor herbicide for weed control in sugar beet (<em>Beta vulgaris</em> L.)

Authors

  • Moritz Jasper Wendt Institut für Zuckerrübenforschung (IfZ) an der Universität Göttingen, 37079 Göttingen, Germany
  • Christine Kenter Institut für Zuckerrübenforschung (IfZ) an der Universität Göttingen, 37079 Göttingen, Germany
  • Martin Wegener Bayer CropScience AG, 40789 Monheim, Germany
  • Bernward Märländer Institut für Zuckerrübenforschung (IfZ) an der Universität Göttingen, 37079 Göttingen, Germany

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5073/JfK.2016.11.03

Keywords:

Foramsulfuron, thiencarbazone-methyl, application frequency, standardised treatment index

Abstract

In 2013 and 2014, field trials were conducted at six environments in Germany to evaluate the efficacy of a new ALS-inhibiting herbicide containing foramsulfuron and thiencarbazone-methyl (F/T) for weed control in sugar beet cultivation. Five herbicide strategies with different application frequencies of F/T (50 g foramsulfuron ha–1 + 30 g thiencarbazone-methyl ha–1) and a classic herbicide strategy with three applications of phenmedipham (75 g ai ha–1), desmedipham (59 g ai ha–1), ethofumesate (94 g ai ha–1), lenacil (34 g ai ha–1) and metamitron (700 g ai ha–1) were compared. The efficacy of the classic herbicide strategy was between 84 and 99% due to surviving Chenopodium album L., Matricaria recutita L., Mercurialis annua L. and Solanum tuberosum L. Average efficacy of F/T was 95% in the single application treatment. Strategies with two applications combining classic herbicides and F/T achieved an efficacy beyond 97%. This points to an increased flexibility of weed control in sugar beet.

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Published

2016-11-01

Issue

Vol. 68 No. 11 (2016): Biannual issue crop science

Section

Original Article

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