Articles
EFFECT OF HERBICIDE-FUNGICIDE TANK-MIX COMBINATIONS ON WEED CONTROL AND TOMATO TOLERANCE
Article number
823_15
Pages
129 – 134
Language
English
Abstract
Tank-mix applications of fungicides/bactericides and herbicides can improve production efficiency, however there is little information on the effect of herbicide and strobilurin fungicide tank mixes on processing tomato in Ontario.
A total of six field trials were conducted over a three year period (2004-2006) in Ontario to study the effect of rimsulfuron, thifensulfuron-methyl, or metribuzin in combination with azoxystrobin and pyraclostrobin on processing tomato.
Under weed-free conditions, there was visual injury of processing tomato with postemergence applications of thifensulfuron-methyl+pyraclostrobin, though total yield was unaffected.
None of the other herbicide-fungicide mixtures caused visual injury, delayed maturity or reduced yield in tomato.
In the absence of hand-weeding, rimsulfuron, thifensulfuron-methyl, and metribuzin could be tank-mixed with either azoxystrobin or pyraclostrobin without a reduction in weed control.
Application of thifensulfuron-methyl, rimsulfuron and metribuzin with azoxystrobin, or rimsulfuron and metribuzin with pyraclostrobin could provide tomato growers with a single-pass treatment for the control of troublesome weeds and diseases in Ontario.
It is recommended that thifensulfuron-methyl not be tank-mixed with pyraclostrobin due to the potential for injury.
A total of six field trials were conducted over a three year period (2004-2006) in Ontario to study the effect of rimsulfuron, thifensulfuron-methyl, or metribuzin in combination with azoxystrobin and pyraclostrobin on processing tomato.
Under weed-free conditions, there was visual injury of processing tomato with postemergence applications of thifensulfuron-methyl+pyraclostrobin, though total yield was unaffected.
None of the other herbicide-fungicide mixtures caused visual injury, delayed maturity or reduced yield in tomato.
In the absence of hand-weeding, rimsulfuron, thifensulfuron-methyl, and metribuzin could be tank-mixed with either azoxystrobin or pyraclostrobin without a reduction in weed control.
Application of thifensulfuron-methyl, rimsulfuron and metribuzin with azoxystrobin, or rimsulfuron and metribuzin with pyraclostrobin could provide tomato growers with a single-pass treatment for the control of troublesome weeds and diseases in Ontario.
It is recommended that thifensulfuron-methyl not be tank-mixed with pyraclostrobin due to the potential for injury.
Authors
D.E. Robinson, R. Nurse
Keywords
crop tolerance, Solanum lycopersicum, metribuzin, postemergence herbicides, rimsulfuron, thifensulfuron-methyl, tomato injury, yield
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