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Adaptation and evaluation of the WEEDSIM weed management model for Michigan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Karen A. Renner ,
Scott M. Swinton  and
James J. Kells
Scott M. Swinton
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI 48824
James J. Kells
Affiliation:
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI 48824
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The WEEDSIM bioeconomic model was developed in Minnesota and was designed to support weed management decisions for both soil-applied and postemergence weed control programs in Zea mays and Glycine max. In this research, we adapted the WEEDSIM weed management model to Michigan by modifying the crop yield loss functions and herbicide efficacy ratings. We then validated the components of the model and determined whether WEEDSIM led to more profitable weed management than recommendations from SOYHERB or CORNHERB, computer decision aids based solely on herbicide efficacy and cost. The crop year significantly influenced the weed-free yield in Z. mays and G. max, but the weed—crop interference function did not change each year. Total weed seed increased in the untreated compared with the weed-free control over the 3-yr period. Weed seed did not increase significantly in WEEDSIM preemergence/postemergence (PRE/POST), WEEDSIM postemergence, or CORNHERB or SOYHERB treatments compared with the weed-free control, although annual grass seedling density at the time of postemergence herbicide application had increased by 1995 in the WEEDSIM postemergence treatment in G. max because of a 2,4-D amine application only in Z. mays in 1994. WEEDSIM PRE/POST and CORNHERB provided excellent weed control in all three years, and WEEDSIM PRE/POST resulted in gross margins over weed control costs equal to or greater than CORNHERB recommendations. In G. max, Chenopodium album and annual grass control was excellent in all three years for WEEDSIM PRE/POST, WEEDSIM postemergence, and SOYHERB treatments. The highest average gross margin for the 3-yr study was from mechanical weed control in 76-cm-wide rows of G. max ($806 ha−1) and from SOYHERB in 38- and 19-cm-wide rows of G. max ($776 and $808 ha−1, respectively). WEEDSIM recommendations controlled weeds and maintained crop yield in both Z. mays and G. max.

Keywords

Chenopodium album L., common lambsquarters, CHEALZea mays L., corn ‘Great Lakes 496'Glycine max (L.) Merr., soybean ‘Conrad.’Bioeconomic modelingCHEALexpert systemsintegrated weed managementweed controlweed management modelweed population dynamicsweed seed bankWEEDSIM
Type
Weed Management
Information
Weed Science , Volume 47 , Issue 3 , June 1999 , pp. 338 - 348
Copyright
Copyright © 1999 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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