Combining Cultivation and Interseeded Cover Crops for Weed Control in Transplanted Cabbage

NYS IPM Type: Project ReportResearch conducted in 1995 and 1996 has shown that cultivation with or without interseeded cover crops can control weeds and maintain yields in transplanted cabbage

Weed Control for the Home Vegetable Garden

This information bulletin enables home gardeners to identify the most common weeds with the help of full-color photographs, and to select the most suitable strategies for controlling them - whether mechanical, cultural or chemical

Combining Interseeded Cover Crops with Banded Herbicides for Weed Control in Sweet Corn

NYS IPM Type: Project ReportRecent research has shown that applying herbicides to a narrow band over the crop row (banding) can reduce herbicide use by two thirds in corn. The increasing number of postemergence herbicides for corn will allow growers to control weeds that “escape” preemergence banded herbicides. Additionally, interceded cover crops may provide late season weed suppression

Living Mulch Performance in a Tropical Cotton System and Impact on Yield and Weed Control

Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) is a major crop in the Vidarbha region of central India. The vertisol soils on which much of the cotton is grown have been severely degraded by the tropical climate, excessive tillage and depletion of organic matter. Living mulches have the ability to mitigate these problems but they can cause crop losses through direct competition with the cotton crop and unreliable weed control. Field experiments were conducted in 2012 and 2013 at four locations in Vidarbha to study the potential for growing living mulches in mono-cropped cotton. Living mulch species evaluated included gliricidia [Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Kunth ex Walp.], sesbania [Sesbania sesban (L.) Merr.], sorghum sudan grass [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench × Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench ssp. Drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) de Wet & Harlan] and sunnhemp (Crotalaria juncea L.). Living mulch height was controlled through mowing and herbicides were not used. Living mulches generated 1 to 13 tons ha−1 of dry matter across sites and years. Weed cover was negatively correlated with both living mulch biomass and cover. Where living mulches were vigorous and established quickly, weed cover was as low as 7%, without the use of herbicides, or inter-row tillage. In a dry year, living mulch growth had a negative impact on cotton yield; however, in a year when soil moisture was not limiting, there was a positive relationship between cotton yield and living mulch biomass. Use of living mulches in cotton production in the Vidarbha region of India is feasible and can lead to both effective weed suppression and acceptable cotton yields

Sweet, Robert D.

Also available as a printed booklet and from the Dean of Faculty website https://theuniversityfaculty.cornell.edu/Memorial Statement for Robert D. Sweet, who died in 2014. The memorial statements contained herein were prepared by the Office of the Dean of the University Faculty of Cornell University to honor its faculty for their service to the university