Establishment of Alfalfa Intercropped under Corn in Response to Varying Rates of Prohexadione with or without Fungicide Plus Insecticide
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sites and Crop Management
2.2. Alfalfa Measurements and Statistical Analyses
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Weather Conditions, Corn Silage Competitiveness, and PLH Populations
3.2. Plant Height and Foliar Health of Interseeded Alfalfa
3.3. Stand Density and Groundcover of Alfalfa Following Establishment
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Grabber, J.H.; Dias, J.L.C.S.; Renz, M.J. Establishment of Alfalfa Intercropped under Corn in Response to Varying Rates of Prohexadione with or without Fungicide Plus Insecticide. Agronomy 2023, 13, 2823. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13112823
Grabber JH, Dias JLCS, Renz MJ. Establishment of Alfalfa Intercropped under Corn in Response to Varying Rates of Prohexadione with or without Fungicide Plus Insecticide. Agronomy. 2023; 13(11):2823. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13112823
Chicago/Turabian StyleGrabber, John H., José Luiz C. S. Dias, and Mark J. Renz. 2023. "Establishment of Alfalfa Intercropped under Corn in Response to Varying Rates of Prohexadione with or without Fungicide Plus Insecticide" Agronomy 13, no. 11: 2823. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13112823