Abstract

This study aimed to estimate the effectiveness of weed control in maize (Zea mays L.), under a no-till system, in the Cerrado (Brazilian Savanna) region, by applying pre-emergence herbicides. Two experiments were carried out in Montevidiu, Goiás State, Brazil, during the 2007/2008 crop, in a randomized block design, with four replications. The following treatments were evaluated: atrazine (1,600 g ha-1), atrazine + s-metolachor (1,665 g ha-1 + 1,305 g ha-1), s-metolachor (1,680 g ha-1), atrazine + simazine (250 g ha-1 + 250 g ha-1), and control with and without weeds. It was found out that, 28 days after the treatments application, the herbicides atrazine and s-metolachor were not effective in controlling Cenchrus echinatus and Alternanthera tenella, respectively. The associations between atrazine + s-metolachor and atrazine + simazine have provided significant increases in the Euphorbia heterophilla and Alternanthera tenella control. The presence of weeds had a negative effect on crop yield. KEY-WORDS: Zea mays; atrazine; s-metolachor; simazine; no-tillage.

Highlights

  • The objective of the present study was to determine the importance of the pre-flowering growth stage for common bean yield

  • No Brasil, o feijoeiro comum é cultivado, praticamente, em todos os meses do ano, com e sem irrigação, em diferentes épocas e datas de semeadura, tendo reflexos positivos e negativos na produtividade, como consequência das condições de ambiente associado às datas de semeadura (Miranda et al 1993, Ramalho et al 1993, Carbonell & Pompeu 1997, 2000)

  • Variações na taxa de acúmulo de nitrogênio total (N total) (TAN), taxa de acúmulo de fitomassa total (TAFM) e taxa assimilatória líquida (TAL), determinadas no período compreendido entre a emergência e o início da floração (estádio R5), e quantidade de N total absorvido pela parte aérea, até o estádio R5, decorrentes da data de emergência de plantas de feijoeiro comum das cultivares Pérola, Jalo Precoce e BRS-Valente, cultivadas em cinco diferentes épocas de semeadura, durante o inverno (Santo Antônio de Goiás, GO, 2001/2002)

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The objective of the present study was to determine the importance of the pre-flowering growth stage for common bean yield.

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