Open AccessWEEDKILLERS AS AN AID TO PASTURE AND CROP ESTABLISHMENT
Author(s) -
L. J. Matthews
Publication year - 1957
Publication title -
proceedings of the new zealand grassland association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1179-4577
pISSN - 0369-3902
DOI - 10.33584/jnzg.1957.19.1072
Subject(s) - pasture , competition (biology) , agronomy , crop , agriculture , agroforestry , vegetation (pathology) , environmental science , agricultural engineering , biology , engineering , ecology , medicine , pathology
Most agriculturists are familiar with the use of selective wcedkillers for the control of weeds in crops and newly sown pasture established in conjunction with conventional methods of cultivation. For cultivation mechanical aids are used to reduce interplant competition and to prepare a seed-bed. In this paper I propose to establish the concept of using weedkillers as a method of reducing inter-plant competition in place of mechanical aids. The concept is based on using one or two specific weedkilling chemicals to kill the existing vegetation in situ. Pasture mixtures are then sown into the dead turf or crops are drilled directly into the chemically destroyed turf. The paper is based on the work of the Extension Division of the Department of Agriculture.