Weed control in sweetpotatoes

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  • S.L. Lewthwaite
  • C.M. Triggs

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30843/nzpp.2000.53.3705

Abstract

The sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L) Lam) crop once established requires little field management apart from weed control Currently weeds are minimised by a combination of handweeding interrow cultivation and the application of paraquat (100 g ai/ha) over the crop In this study alternative herbicide treatments were examined in a field trial Handweeding produced the highest marketable yield (267 t/ha) significantly more than all other treatments apart from acetochlor (24 kg ai/ha) which produced 218 t/ha (P<0001) Weed numbers were significantly reduced to 35 (acetochlor) and 162 (paraquat) of the unweeded plots (P<0001) There was a strong negative relationship between early weed count and final total root yield (R2 840)

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Published

2000-08-01

How to Cite

Lewthwaite, S.L., and C.M. Triggs. “Weed Control in Sweetpotatoes”. New Zealand Plant Protection 53 (August 1, 2000): 262–268. Accessed September 24, 2023. https://journal.nzpps.org/index.php/nzpp/article/view/3705.

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