jameslitsinger.files.wordpress.com …  · Web viewManagement of weeds in cotton. Pages 215-242. In: David Pimentel (editor). 1981. CRC Handbook of Pest Management in Agriculture

Chapter 13. Gale A. Buchanan. 1981. Management of weeds in cotton. Pages 215-242. In: David Pimentel (editor). 1981. CRC Handbook of Pest Management in Agriculture. Volume 3, Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, 656 pages.

Keywords: genera of predominant weed species in US cotton, Ipomoea, Sorghum, Cyperus, Amaranthus, Xanthium, Sida, Panicum, Cynodon, Digitaria, Ambrosia, Solanum, Convolvulus, Euphorbia, Physalis, Eleusine, Croton, Echinochloa, Brunnichia, Anoda, Cassia, Asclepias, Portulaca, Brachiaria, Sesbania, Abutilon, Datura, Leptachloa, Desmodium, Eriochloa, Kochia, Vernonia

Maintain records of species of weeds in each field, weed-free requirement of cotton, herbicide effectiveness against major weed genera, tolerance of cotton to weed competition, threshold levels of weed infestations, methods of managing weeds, cultural control, mechanical control, UHF electromagnetic energy, radiant energy, biological, chemical, use of geese, vertebrate biocontrol agent

Pre-plant foliar herbicide application, pre-plant-incorporated treatments, recommended practices, spot treatments, multiple herbicide treatments, interactions of herbicides with other pesticides, cultivars, and production practices