Theses and Dissertations

Issuing Body

Mississippi State University

Advisor

Dodds, Darrin M.

Committee Member

Krutz, L. Jason

Committee Member

Brown-Johnson, Ashli

Committee Member

Zurweller, Brendan

Committee Member

Barber, Tom

Date of Degree

12-10-2021

Document Type

Dissertation - Open Access

Major

Plant and Soil Sciences

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D)

College

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Department

Department of Plant and Soil Sciences

Abstract

Herbicide resistance development among weed populations in cotton and peanut is becoming increasingly difficult to manage. If resistant populations continue to persist, weed control practices for producers will become less efficient and more costly. The objective of this research was to evaluate alternative weed control techniques designed to mitigate herbicide resistance development for their agronomic and economic impact on weed management systems. Studies were conducted in 2019, 2020, and 2021 at multiple locations in Mississippi and Arkansas investigating multiple techniques including the addition of soil surfactants in herbicide tank mixtures, increasing SOAs utilized in peanut herbicide programs, applying non-labeled herbicides to cotton with post-directed spray placement, and applying complete residual herbicide programs in cotton. Our results suggests that some novel strategies incorporated into existing weed management programs, can provide sufficient control of troublesome weed species and conserve crop yield and profit returns. For example, the use of post-directed application placement allowed for non-labeled herbicides to be applied to cotton without detrimental effects, thus increasing potential options for POST weed control within that crop. Additionally, weed control, seed cotton yield, and net returns were not affected when only residual herbicides were applied in season-long weed control programs as opposed to the standard of mixed, foliar and residual programs. This indicates that high selection pressure associated with foliar chemistries which leads to resistance development, can be alleviated through the adoption of alternative strategies.

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