Chemical weed control and field calibration of knapsack sprayers
Weed control is one of the most important activities in smallholder agriculture and success or failure depends on effective and timely management of weeds. Poor weed control at the beginning of the season may greatly reduce yields. One of the options for effectively controlling weeds is the use of herbicides. Chemical weed control is quick, labour saving and can be very effective if applied properly. However, the cost and availability of herbicides, and the lack of technical ca Glyphosate is highly effective and affordable. Glyphosate is a desiccant and will give complete control of all growing (green) plants i.e. control of the first flush of broadleaved weeds and most of the perennial grasses. Glyphosate is relatively friendly to the environment and there are few cases of its release into groundwater. Glyphosate has sometimes led to weed resistance; however, very few cases have been reported to date. capability to apply them safely, correctly and precisely can be major drawbacks. Glyphosate has long been a preferred herbicide in CA and this bulletin will focus on its correct use.
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dig-cimmyt-10883-42552022-09-21T15:30:18Z Chemical weed control and field calibration of knapsack sprayers Thierfelder, C. Mupangwa, W. AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY Knapsack Sprayer SPRAYERS CHEMICAL WEED CONTROL FIELD PREPARATION CALIBRATION Weed control is one of the most important activities in smallholder agriculture and success or failure depends on effective and timely management of weeds. Poor weed control at the beginning of the season may greatly reduce yields. One of the options for effectively controlling weeds is the use of herbicides. Chemical weed control is quick, labour saving and can be very effective if applied properly. However, the cost and availability of herbicides, and the lack of technical ca Glyphosate is highly effective and affordable. Glyphosate is a desiccant and will give complete control of all growing (green) plants i.e. control of the first flush of broadleaved weeds and most of the perennial grasses. Glyphosate is relatively friendly to the environment and there are few cases of its release into groundwater. Glyphosate has sometimes led to weed resistance; however, very few cases have been reported to date. capability to apply them safely, correctly and precisely can be major drawbacks. Glyphosate has long been a preferred herbicide in CA and this bulletin will focus on its correct use. 2 pages 2015-04-21T19:33:03Z 2015-04-21T19:33:03Z 2015-04-21 Newsletter / Bulletin http://hdl.handle.net/10883/4255 English Technical Bulletin CIMMYT manages Intellectual Assets as International Public Goods. The user is free to download, print, store and share this work. In case you want to translate or create any other derivative work and share or distribute such translation/derivative work, please contact CIMMYT-Knowledge-Center@cgiar.org indicating the work you want to use and the kind of use you intend; CIMMYT will contact you with the suitable license for that purpose. Open Access PDF Zimbabwe Harare (Zimbabwe) CIMMYT |
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Weed control is one of the most important activities in smallholder agriculture and success or failure depends on effective and timely management of weeds. Poor weed control at the beginning of the season may greatly reduce yields. One of the options for effectively controlling weeds is the use of herbicides. Chemical weed control is quick, labour saving and can be very effective if applied properly. However, the cost and availability of herbicides, and the lack of technical ca Glyphosate is highly effective and affordable. Glyphosate is a desiccant and will give complete control of all growing (green) plants i.e. control of the first flush of broadleaved weeds and most of the perennial grasses. Glyphosate is relatively friendly to the environment and there are few cases of its release into groundwater. Glyphosate has sometimes led to weed resistance; however, very few cases have been reported to date. capability to apply them safely, correctly and precisely can be major drawbacks. Glyphosate has long been a preferred herbicide in CA and this bulletin will focus on its correct use. |
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