Background
Appropriate agronomic practices are required to ensure high and sustainable crop yields. Timely sowing of wheat at an optimum seeding rate plays an important role in weed management and obtaining higher crop yields.
Objective
This study assessed the impact of agronomic practices, i.e., herbicide application, sowing dates and seeding rates on weed management and productivity of wheat.
Methods
Experimental treatments comprised of three sowing dates (20 November, 5 December, and 30 December), three seeding rates (120, 160, and 200 kg ha -1 ) and application of herbicides (tribenuron methyl + clodinafop-propargyl).
Results
Sowing dates, seeding rates and herbicide application significantly affected dry weight of weeds, yield, and yield components of wheat. High seed rate and herbicide application in late-planted wheat (30 December) reduced the weed dry weight. Early-planted wheat (20 November) with 120 kg ha -1 seed rate resulted in a higher number of seeds/spike and 1,000-grain weight. Early-planted wheat (20 th November) with high seed rate resulted in a higher tiller population and total biomass, which ultimately increased the final grain yield and net profit.
Conclusions
Grass + broad leaf herbicide application on early-planted wheat with higher seed rates (160 and 200 kg ha -1 ) suppressed weed growth and helped to improve yield and yield-related attributes, and net returns of wheat in Iraqi Kurdistan region.
Details
Title
Integrated weed management in wheat by using sowing time, seed rate and herbicides
Authors/Creators
Muhammad Najeeb Khasraw
Shadia Hama Salih Kareem
Kamil Mahmood Mustafa
Omar Karim Aziz
Muhammad Arif - National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering
Adeel Anwar
Mubshar Hussain
Publication Details
Advances in Weed Science, Vol.41, e020230037
Publisher
Sociedade Brasileira da Ciência das Plantas Daninhas
Identifiers
991005637960207891
Murdoch Affiliation
Murdoch University
Language
English
Resource Type
Journal article
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