control of Smallflower morningglory and Palmer amaranth was much higher and more

consistent in the stale seedbed experiment. The type of seedbed preparation did

not appear to affect pearl millet yield (Tables 9 and 10). There was a general

trend for better weed control for pearl millet planted in 18 inch rows as

compared to pearl millet planted in 36 inch rows. Pearl millet canopy planted

in 18 inch rows closed (overlapped the row middles) about 7-10 days earlier than

pearl millet planted in 36 inch rows, which would provide greater competition to

the weeds present.

 It was also observed in border areas outside the experimental plots that

weed control in the stale seedbed experiment was much higher than in the

conventional seedbed experiment.



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TABLE 1. Herbicides evaluated on pearl millet in Florida and Georgia


 Common Name Trade Name
 atrazine Atrazine
 bromoxynil Buctril
 metolachlor Dual
 paraquat Gramoxone Extra
 pendimathalin Prowl
 propachlor Ramrod
 2,4-D Weedar-64