Split application of glyphosate in herbicide-tolerant maize provides efficient weed control and favors beneficial epigeic arthropods

0479665 - BC 2019 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Svobodová, Zdeňka - Skoková Habuštová, Oxana - Holec, J. - Holec, M. - Boháč, J. - Jursík, M. - Soukup, J. - Sehnal, František
Split application of glyphosate in herbicide-tolerant maize provides efficient weed control and favors beneficial epigeic arthropods.
Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. Roč. 251, JAN 01 (2018), s. 171-179. ISSN 0167-8809. E-ISSN 1873-2305
Grant - others:GA ČR(CZ) L200961652
Institutional support: RVO:60077344
Keywords : herbicide-tolerant maize * weed management * conventional tillage
OECD category: Agronomy, plant breeding and plant protection
Impact factor: 3.954, year: 2018
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167880917304188

Wide deployment of genetically modified herbicide-tolerant (GMHT) maize may affect the efficiency of weed control methods and impair ecosystem functioning. We examined these potential threats using glyphosate-tolerant maize NK603 planted in 54 randomly distributed plots in 2013 and 2014. Maize was grown in three herbicide treatments combined with six tillage regimes. Herbicide treatments curbed weed performance which consequently influenced associated arthropods. GMHT crops have a potential to combine economic and environmental advantages for agroecosystem sustainability and can be recommended for implementation in European crop production systems.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0279866