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ROTARY HOE EFFICACY IN CORN: INFLUENCE OF SOIL TYPE AND MOISTURE.<br />

M.G. Burton, C. Reberg-Horton, G.T. Place, and S.T. Hoyle, North Carolina State Univ.,<br />

Raleigh.<br />

ABSTRACT<br />

Early season in-row (within 10 cm <strong>of</strong> crop row) weed control in corn was<br />

evaluated at two locations in 2006. Factors in <strong>the</strong> study included <strong>the</strong> different soil types<br />

(sand vs. loam) at <strong>the</strong> Sandhills (Jackson Springs, NC) and Cunningham (Kinston, NC)<br />

Research Stations, and moisture. The experiment was established in a stripped-plot<br />

design with irrigation level (none, 1.25 cm and 2.5 cm rainfall equivalent) in stripped<br />

plots and rotary hoe frequency in subplots. Rotary hoe frequency treatments included:<br />

None, 5, 5+12, 12+19, and 5+12+19 DAP. Three weeks after <strong>the</strong> conclusion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> 19<br />

DAP rotary hoe treatment, counts <strong>of</strong> surviving weeds within 10 cm <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> crop row were<br />

counted and identified by species (<strong>the</strong>se weeds were considered likely to escape<br />

cultivator sweeps in subsequent cultivation passes with different equipment. The<br />

HADSS computer program was used to calculate potential yield loss using this species<br />

and density data. No interaction was observed between soil moisture and rotary hoe<br />

treatments at ei<strong>the</strong>r location. Soil moisture level did not affect corn stand at ei<strong>the</strong>r<br />

location. Corn stand was reduced (5%) by multiple rotary hoe passes only at <strong>the</strong><br />

Cunningham farm. Weed density was affected by soil moisture only at <strong>the</strong> Sandhills<br />

location, where dry conditions resulted in lower weed emergence in <strong>the</strong> low moisture<br />

treatment (p=0.02). Weed density was reduced at both locations by multiple passes <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> rotary hoe, and at <strong>the</strong> Sandhills location by a single pass (5 DAP) (p

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