In another experiment increasing soybean density from 245,000 plant/ha to 481,000 and 676,000 plants/ha with reduced row distance reduced
sicklepod (Senna obtusifolia L.
Lynn Walker provided him with isolates from diseased
sicklepod plants.
Growers adopting BXN cultivars, particularly BXN 47, report satisfaction with both the weed management technology, except where high populations of
sicklepod, pigweed, and certain grass species not controlled by bromoxynil are encountered in cotton production (Culpepper and York, 1999), and the performance of the BXN 47 cultivar.
tillage, and rye mulch on
sicklepod (Senna obtusifolia).
Douglas Boyette at ARS' Southern Weed Science Research Unit, Stoneville, Mississippi, recently discovered that the
sicklepod fungus Myrothecium verrucaria is also an effective bioherbicide for controlling kudzu.
Root morphology of young soybean,
sicklepod, and Palmer amaranth.
A fungus from the
sicklepod plant, Arabis canadensis, found in the south-eastern United States, effectively controls kudzu.
In addition, two weeds - leafy spurge and
sicklepod - and a plant disease - tomato blight - are potential projects.