2011
Is the ideal soybean seeding rate dependent on weed control strategy?
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Sustainable Production
Keywords:
Field management Nutrient managementSoil healthTillageYield trials
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This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Aaron Hager, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Co-Principal Investigators:
Bryan Young, Southern Illinois University
Gordon Roskamp, Western Illinois University
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Brief Project Summary:

The objective of the research has been to determine if traditional weed management practices used in soybean are less profitable for growers as soybean seeding rate recommendations are reduced to 140,000 seeds/acre or less. The weed control tactics have ranged from using a soil residual herbicide followed by a post emergence (POST) herbicide to progressively later POST application timings in a total POST system. Results to date have shown the influence of weed management practice on optimal seeding rate varied by geographic location. Due to the dependence of environment and geography on the weed-soybean interaction further field research is justified to validate the previous results and...

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#crop management systems
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