Journal of Weed Science and Technology
Online ISSN : 1882-4757
Print ISSN : 0372-798X
ISSN-L : 0372-798X
Volume 64, Issue 2
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  • Maiko Akasaka, Soichi Nakayama, Yoshisada Nagasaka
    2019Volume 64Issue 2 Pages 21-25
    Published: 2019
    Released on J-STAGE: September 07, 2019
    JOURNAL FREE ACCESS

    The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficiency of wheel track nozzles mounted at the rear of a self-propelled boom sprayer for the control of weeds in wheel tracks in dry seeded rice field using a vacuum seeder. Weeds often survive in wheel tracks probably because of contact with the wheel immediately after herbicide has been sprayed using boom nozzles. The herbicide used was glyphosate potassium salt solution, a non-selective foliar spray herbicide. The herbicide was applied prior to rice emergence. Herbicidal effects were evaluated on late watergrass (Echinochloa oryzicola Vasing.), the dominant weed species in the study field. The number of surviving plants was determined one month after herbicide application. There were 5.15 times as many plants in the wheel tracks as in other areas of the field. Use of wheel track nozzles reduced the number of the plants in the wheel tracks by 0.21 times compared with that in wheel tracks when wheel track nozzles were not used.

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