Perennial Vine Control in Multiple Cropping Systems on a Clay Soil

Abstract

An area of a shrink-swell clay soil (Tunica clay, Vertic Haplaquept) with an established population of redvine, trumpetcreeper, honeyvine milkweed, redberry moonseed, and maypop passionflower was treated with dicamba once in the fall of 1983. The effect on perennial vines was determined for the following 4 yr in three rotational cropping systems involving winter wheat, soybean, corn, and sorghum, all with and without irrigation. Dicamba reduced the population of perennial vines 80% over 4 yr. Redvine and trumpetcreeper, the first and second most abundant species, were reduced by over 83 and 76%, respectively. Yield of soybean increased 17% in 1985 and 1987 while corn yield increased 9% in 1986 with dicamba use. In 1984 no effects on crop yield were measured. This inconsistent crop yield reponse after dicamba treatment, even though perennial vines were suppressed, must be considered in evaluating the economics of using dicamba for perennial vine control.

Weed Management in Nonirrigated Glyphosate‐Resistant and Non‐Resistant Soybean following Deep and Shallow Fall Tillage

“…This may be attributable to taller plants in the DT treatment (Heatherly and Spurlock, 2001), which would have been important for the non‐GR cultivars. Elmore et al (1989a)(1989b) found that a fuller soybean canopy resulted in less perennial vine ground cover when non‐GR cultivars were used.…”

“…Redvine is a perennial, woody dicot vine that occurs extensively in crop and non‐crop lands in the lower Mississippi River alluvial flood plain. Redvine is difficult to control because it can propagate from a deep and extensive root system (Elmore et al, 1989a, 1989b). Shallow tillage (≤15 cm) is often ineffective for its control because new flushes of shoots emerge from large, long woody rootstocks that are not affected by such tillage.…”

Trumpetcreeper (Campsis radicans ) can be Controlled by Herbicide Application in Soybean

“…The vine roots at the nodes as it grows along the top of the soil, is considered one of the ten most troublesome weeds in soybean in the Midsouth, and is the thirteenth most common weed in the Mississippi Delta (4,13). Yield benefits of perennial vine control are not well proven, but because vines such as trumpetcreeper can interfere with harvest operations, many producers continue to treat infested fields (5).…”

Trumpetcreeper Control with Various Indole-3-Acetic Acid Mimics and Diflufenzopyr

“…T rumpetcreeper is a native, perennial, weedy vine of pastures, row crops, fence rows, and right-of-ways throughout most of the eastern United States. This vine has the potential to cause significant interference in cultivated fields with fine textured soils (Elmore et al, 1989). Trumpetcreeper is highly competitive and is capable of growing several meters in length across the span of a single growing season (Elmore, 1984).…”

“…These researchers also determined that trumpetcreeper seed laying on the soil surface germinated about 68% but these same seeds would not germinate when incorporated 4 cm deep in the soil. Regardless, once established in an area trumpetcreeper primarily propagates and spreads from rhizomes (Bryson and DeFelice, 2009;Elmore et al, 1989). Trumpetcreeper is listed by Webster and Nichols (2012) as one of the most troublesome weeds in corn (Zea mays), cotton (Gossypium hirsutum), and soybean (Glycine max) in the midsouthern United States.…”