Control of acetolactate synthase-resistant Palmer amaranth in dry edible bean

Clint W. Beiermann, Cody F. Creech, Stevan Z. Knezevic, Amit J. Jhala, Robert Harveson, Nevin C. Lawrence

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Abstract

Herbicide-resistant Palmer amaranth is a troublesome weed in several agronomic crops and is a relatively new challenge to dry bean production in western Nebraska. Objectives were to evaluate preemergence (PRE) and postemergence (POST) herbicides for control of acetolactate synthase-resistant Palmer amaranth and their effect on Palmer amaranth density and biomass as well as dry bean injury and yield in western Nebraska. Field experiments were conducted in 2017 and 2019 near Scottsbluff, NE. The experiments were arranged as a two-factor strip-plot design. The strip-plot factor consisted of no-PRE or pendimethalin (1,070 g ai ha-1) + dimethenamid-P (790 g ai h-1) applied PRE. The main-plot factor was POST herbicides, which consisted of various mixtures of imazamox, bentazon, or fomesafen applied in a single or sequential application at labeled rates, and reduced rates of imazamox (9 g ai ha-1) + bentazon (314 g ai ha-1) + fomesafen (70 g ai ha-1) applied in single or sequential (two or three) applications. PRE herbicides reduced Palmer amaranth density and biomass during both years and increased dry bean yield in 2017. POST treatments containing fomesafen improved Palmer amaranth control compared with treatments containing imazamox and bentazon only. The sequential-application reduced-rate POST system did not improve Palmer amaranth control compared to one POST application containing fomesafen at a labeled rate in either year. Using pendimethalin + dimethenamid-P PRE followed by POST treatments containing imazamox + bentazon + fomesafen at a labeled rate provided 86% and 99% Palmer amaranth control in 2017 and 2019, respectively.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)685-691
Number of pages7
JournalWeed Technology
Volume36
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 21 2022

Keywords

  • Nomenclature: bentazon
  • Palmer amaranth, Amaranthus palmeri S. Watson
  • dimethenamid-P
  • dry bean, Phaseolus vulgaris L.
  • fomesafen
  • imazamox
  • pendimethalin

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Plant Science

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