Abstract
To achieve maximum alfalfa production and maintain excellent stands and forage quality for a number of years, producers need to start including weed control in their management program. Unfortunately good stands are not being established because of early weed competition where herbicides are not used. Alfalfa stands tend to play out before achieving their maximum number of years of production unless maintenance herbicides are used. Fortunately there are now herbicides registered to meet most every phase of alfalfa production. This paper will deal primarily with the herbicides that are currently labeled for use on alfalfa. Several herbicides that are not registered but show excellent promise for use postemergence on established alfalfa for the control of annual and perennial grasses will be presented. It is important to remember that it is illegal to apply a pesticide to a crop for which it is not registered.
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Claims 4
Claim · model-written summary
Early weed competition without herbicides impairs establishment of good alfalfa stands.
- Taxon
- Alfalfa
Medicago sativat0 - Interactor
- weede0weed
- Outcome
- good stands are not being establishede0
Not reportedDirection
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Verbatim
e0“good stands are not being established because of early weed competition where herbicides are not used”
t0“Alfalfa”
Claim · model-written summary
Alfalfa stands tend to decline before their maximum productive duration without maintenance herbicides.
- Taxon
- AlfalfaMedicago sativae0
- Treatment
- maintenance herbicidese0
- Outcome
- stands tend to play out before achieving their maximum number of years of productione0
Not reportedDirection
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Verbatim
e0“Alfalfa stands tend to play out before achieving their maximum number of years of production unless maintenance herbicides are used”
Claim · model-written summary
Several unregistered herbicides show promise against annual and perennial grasses in established alfalfa.
- Taxon
- alfalfaMedicago sativae0
- Interactor
- annual and perennial grassese0weed
- Outcome
- excellent promise for use postemergencee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Several herbicides that are not registered but show excellent promise for use postemergence on established alfalfa for the control of annual and perennial grasses”
Claim · model-written summary
Producers should include weed control to sustain alfalfa production, stands and forage quality.
- Taxon
- alfalfaMedicago sativae0
- Outcome
- including weed control in their management programe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“To achieve maximum alfalfa production and maintain excellent stands and forage quality for a number of years, producers need to start including weed control in their management program”