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1 January 2006 Economics of integrated weed management in herbicide‐resistant canola
Bharat M. Upadhyay, Elwin G. Smith, G. W. Clayton, K. N. Harker, R. E. Blackshaw
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Abstract

Integrated weed management (IWM) decision strategies in herbicide-resistant canola-production systems were assessed for net returns and relative risk. Data from two field experiments conducted during 1998 to 2000 at two locations in Alberta, Canada, were evaluated. A herbicide-based experiment included combinations of herbicide system (glufosinate-, glyphosate-, and imazethapyr-resistant canola varieties), herbicide rate (50 and 100% of recommended dose), and time of weed removal (two-, four-, and six-leaf stages of canola). A seed-based experiment included canola variety (hybrid and open-pollinated), seeding rate (100, 150, and 200 seeds m−2), and time of weed removal (two-, four-, and six-leaf stages of canola). For the herbicide-based experiment, strategies with glyphosate were profitable at Lacombe, but both imazethapyr and glyphosate strategies were profitable at Lethbridge. Weed control at the four-leaf stage was at least as profitable as the two-leaf stage at both sites. For the seed-based experiment, the hybrid was more profitable than the open-pollinated cultivar, seed rates of 100 and 150 seeds m−2 were more profitable than 200 seeds m−2, and weed control at the two- and four-leaf stages was more profitable than at the six-leaf stage. When risk of returns and statistical significance was considered, several strategies were included in the risk-efficient set for risk-averse and risk-neutral attitudes at each location. However, the glyphosate-resistant cultivar, the 50% herbicide rate, and weed control at four-leaf stage were more frequent in the risk-efficient IWM strategy set. The open-pollinated cultivar, 200 seeds m−2 rate, and weed control at the six-leaf stage were less frequent in the set. The risk-efficient sets of IWM strategies were consistent across a range of canola prices.

Nomenclature: Glyphosate; canola, Brassica napus L.

Bharat M. Upadhyay, Elwin G. Smith, G. W. Clayton, K. N. Harker, and R. E. Blackshaw "Economics of integrated weed management in herbicide‐resistant canola," Weed Science 54(1), 138-147, (1 January 2006). https://doi.org/10.1614/WS-05-050R1.1
Received: 13 April 2005; Accepted: 1 August 2005; Published: 1 January 2006
KEYWORDS
economics
integrated weed management
risk
seeding rate
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