1. The transition of the amount of weeds on the direct sowing paddy fields of which changed the irrigation management was investigated, and the following results were obtained; the total amount of weeds was more conspicuous on the dryland condition than on the irrigated condition at both stages, tillering and reduction division of pollen mother cells. Thereafter that on the dryland condition was diminished gradually and no differences between both conditions were observed at the ripening stage.
While on the condition which was irrigated only after the reduction division stage, the amount of weeds rapidly increased after that, and was most among the three stages as for the ripening stage.
2. The transition of weeds shown by irrigation mangement such as above mentioned were as follows. Barnyardgrass was most in number and amount, and the following weeds continued correspondingly to the barnyardgrass; slender spikerush, chufa, monochoria, large crab-grass. While on both of the dryland and irrigated land conditions after the stage of reduction division of pollen mother cells, large crab-grass and the barnyardgrass were prominent and was consequently covered the growth of other weeds.
3. The decrease of rice yields caused by weed damage was bigger on the dryland field than on the irrigated field. It is seemed to be that a lot of gramineous weeds on the dryland condition occurred, and a water absorption of these plants was dominance compared with rice plant under the competitive condition.
4. In order to know the relation between total amount of weeds and soil moisture, three soils of different kinds were used. Weed ocurrence was highest at 90% soil moisture (v/v), followed by 100%-70% and the minimum lies below 70%.
5. From the result on the herbicides application using new chemical compounds, the follwing arrangement to weed control on the dryland direct sowing was shown.
Pre emergence treatment (nitrofen)+post emergence treatment (propanil)+post emergence treatment (propanil).
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