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Timing of Cover-Crop Management Effects on Weed Suppression in No-Till Planted Soybean using a Roller-Crimper

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

S. B. Mirsky ,
W. S. Curran ,
D. M. Mortenseny ,
M. R. Ryany  and
D. L. Shumway
S. B. Mirsky
Affiliation:
Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705
W. S. Curran
Affiliation:
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
D. M. Mortenseny
Affiliation:
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
M. R. Ryany
Affiliation:
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
D. L. Shumway
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
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Abstract

Integrated weed management tactics are necessary to develop cropping systems that enhance soil quality using conservation tillage and reduced herbicide or organic weed management. In this study, we varied planting and termination date of two cereal rye cultivars (‘Aroostook’ and ‘Wheeler’) and a rye/hairy vetch mixture to evaluate cover-crop biomass production and subsequent weed suppression in no-till planted soybean. Cover crops were killed with a burn-down herbicide and roller-crimper and the weed-suppressive effects of the remaining mulch were studied. Cover-crop biomass increased approximately 2,000 kg ha−1 from latest to earliest fall planting dates (August 25–October 15) and for each 10-d incremental delay in spring termination date (May 1–June 1). Biomass accumulation for cereal rye was best estimated using a thermal-based model that separated the effects of fall and spring heat units. Cultivars differed in their total biomass accumulation; however, once established, their growth rates were similar, suggesting the difference was mainly due to the earlier emergence of Aroostook rye. The earlier emergence of Aroostook rye may have explained its greater weed suppression than Wheeler, whereas the rye/hairy vetch mixture was intermediate between the two rye cultivars. Delaying cover-crop termination reduced weed density, especially for early- and late-emerging summer annual weeds in 2006. Yellow nutsedge was not influenced by cover-crop type or the timing of cover-crop management. We found that the degree of synchrony between weed species emergence and accumulated cover-crop biomass played an important role in defining the extent of weed suppression.

Keywords

Cereal rye, Secale cereale Lhairy vetch, Vicia villosa Rothyellow nutsedge, Cyperus esculentus LCover cropsmulchesroller-crimperplanting and termination date
Type
Weed Management
Information
Weed Science , Volume 59 , Issue 3 , September 2011 , pp. 380 - 389
Copyright
Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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