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Boydston, Rick |
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Submitted to: Pacific Northwest Vegetable Association Proceedings
Publication Type: Proceedings Publication Acceptance Date: 9/1/2000 Publication Date: 11/1/2000 Citation: BOYDSTON, R.A. MANAGEMENT OF WEEDS AND VOLUNTEER POTATO IN DRY BULB ONIONS. PROCEEDINGS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST VEGETABLE ASSOCIATION CONVENTION, P. 31-34. 2000. Interpretive Summary: Technical Abstract: Weed management in onions requires extensive cultivations, herbicide applications, or hand weeding throughout the season to prevent yield loss. Onions germinate slowly so weeds that emerge before the crop can be killed with flaming or nonselective herbicides. Bensulide and DCPA may be applied after planting but before onion emergence to control early season weeds. Pendimethalin applied preemergence to sprinkler-irrigated onions slightly reduced onion stand at rates above 1 lb. ai/acre. However, a delayed preemergence application of pendimethalin did not significantly reduce onion stands. All preemergence and delayed preemergence pendimethalin treatments slightly reduced onion yield compared to hand-weeded checks. Once onions are in the flag leaf stage, pendimethalin may be applied to control weeds that have not emerged. When onions have two or more true leaves, trifluralin may be applied for weeds that have not emerged. Bromoxynil and oxyfluorfen are labeled for control of emerged broadleaf weeds when onions have at least two true leaves. Late emerging grass weeds can be controlled with cultivation or postemergence applications of sethoxydim, fluazifop, and clethodim. In research trials conducted in 1996 and 2000, volunteer potatoes were controlled well in onions with three applications of oxyfluorfen alone or tank mixed with bromoxynil at the 2, 3, and 4 - 5 leaf stage of onions followed by a cultivation 7 - 10 days after each application. This was the only treatment that controlled volunteer potatoes without injuring onions or reducing onion yield. |
