Biological efficacy of herbicides against apera spica-venti and other weeds in winter wheat crops during autumn application

The autumn application of herbicides in is an effective measure to control the most harmful species of winter weeds, such as Apera spica-venti, Galium aparine, Veronica persica, Consolida regalis, Capsella bursa-pastoris, Descurainia Sophia, Vicia villosa etc. These measures are especially effective in the early stages of wheat growth, starting from the seed germination stage, when it is most sensitive to the presence of weeds. The article presents the results of two-year studies on the biological effectiveness of herbicide Pledge 50, WP in different periods of development of winter wheat (BBCH 00, 11, 12, 14 and 16) alone and in a mixture with herbicides partners: Zenkor Liquid 600, SC, Marathon, SC, Granstar Gold 75, WG, Grodil Maxi 375, OD and adjuvant Skaba, EC. As a result, it was found that the biological effectiveness of the studied herbicides against Apera spica-venti and other winter and winter weeds differed significantly depending on the phase of development of winter wheat at the time of their application. Pre-ceed application of herbicides does not provide proper control of Apera spica-venti and other winter and winter weeds. For the period of spring vegetation of wheat, the control of Apera spica-venti with the use of 0.1 kg / ha of Pledge 50, WP was 69.0 %, with an overall efficiency of 68.0 %. Application of 0.4 l / ha Zenkor Liquid 600, SC provided indicators, respectively, 66.1 and 71.4 %. The application of 0.1 kg / ha of Pledge 50, WP to the BBCH 11 phase of wheat provided high control efficiency of Apera spica-venti and all weeds in general with rates of 91.2 and 87.6 %, respectively. The use of a reduced rate of 0.08 kg / ha Pledge 50, WP in the BBCH 12 phase did not reduce both the overall effectiveness against weeds – 87.4 % and Apera spica-venti, in particular – 93.1 %. The use of Pledge 50, WP (0.1 kg / ha) in the BBCH 16 phase was slightly worse, but the acceptable effect was 84.2 % against Apera spica-venti and 83.6 % overall. The best control of Apera spica-venti and all weeds in general was obtained using a mixture of Pledge 50, WP + Granstar Gold 75, WG + Skaba adjuvant, EC (0.06 kg / ha + 0.025 l / ha + 0.05 l / ha) in the phase of BBCH 14 – 97.5 and 99.2 %, which is at the level of Zenkor Liquid 600, SC + Grodil Maxi 375, OD (0.35 l / ha + 0.11 kg / ha). Significantly the highest yield of winter wheat in the experiment was obtained by application of a mixture of Pledge 50, WP + Granstar Gold 75, WG + adjuvant Skaba, EC (0.06 kg / ha + 0.025 l / ha + 0.05 l / ha) in the phase BBCH 14 – 7.56 t / ha, which is 59.8 % better than control.