A Field Method for Predicting Yield Losses in Maize Caused by Johnsongrass (Sorghum halepense)
- 12 June 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Weed Technology
- Vol. 5 (2), 279-285
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0890037x00028104
Abstract
The objective of this research was to modify the senior author's previously developed method for predicting yield losses in maize crops attributable to johnsongrass. The new method is based on the following assumptions: a) relative leaf frequency determines relative biomass; b) total biomass is constant despite the crop/weed ratio; and c) biomass, and therefore leaf frequency, are related to grain yield. Experiments in Argentina from 1986 to 1989 supported the above hypotheses, and the new method was more accurate than the old for predicting relative species biomass in johnsongrass/maize mixtures. Maize grain yield reductions associated with weed interference were also more accurately predicted.Keywords
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