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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2022, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (19): 133-138.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2022-0086

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Safety of 6 Herbicides on Setaria italica and Their Weed Control Efficacy

LI Binghua1(), LIU Xiaomin1, XU Xian1, ZHAO Bochui1, LI Zhuolin2   

  1. 1Institute of Food and Oil Crops, Hebei Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science/ Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation Physiology and Green Production of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang 050035
    2College of Economics and Management, Hebei North University, Zhangjiakou, Hebei 075000
  • Received:2022-02-21 Revised:2022-04-13 Online:2022-07-05 Published:2022-07-13

Abstract:

In order to screen safe herbicides for Setaria italica (foxtail millet), the efficacy of metribuzin, bixlozone, flumioxazin, flumetsulam, pyroxasulfone and terbuthylazine were studied using laboratory bioassays in two application periods of seedling pre-emergence and post-emergence, respectively. A field experiment was conducted to test the weed control efficacy and safety of terbuthylazine screened out by the indoor bioassay experiment. The indoor bioassay results showed that the pre-emergence application of the six herbicides inhibited the biomass of foxtail millet by more than 20% and caused seedling death. In foliar-applied treatments, the herbicides inhibited plant height and biomass of foxtail millet to a lesser degree than in soil treatments, but the inhibitory rate of metribuzin, flumioxazin and pyroxasulfone on foxtail millet were more than 20%. The biomass inhibition rate on foxtail millet by 1500 g/hm2 and 1800 g/hm2 of 50% terbuthylazine SC was 0.76% and 2.99% respectively, and the control efficacy on Amaranthus retroflexus was 98.42% and 100% respectively. Field experiment showed that the biomass control efficacy of 1500 g/hm2 and 1800 g/hm2 of 50% terbuthylazine SC on broad-leaved weeds were 93.46% and 95.84%, respectively, and the two treatments increased the millet yield by 41.40% and 41.82% compared with the blank control. Based on the research results, the six herbicides have low safety on foxtail millet under pre-emergence soil treatment, and terbuthylazine has the application prospect as foliar-applied herbicide in the control of broad-leaved weeds in foxtail millet field.

Key words: herbicide, Setaria italica, safety, weed, control efficacy

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