title: Comparative efficacy of five herbicides on winter cereal weeds in semi-arid region of Algeria.
abstract: Field chemical control trials on cereal weeds were conducted in the Sétif region (north-east of Algeria), using five herbicides. The most abundant weeds were Fumaria densiflora DC., Veronica cymbalaria Bodard, Vaccaria pyramidata Medik, and Papaver rhoeas L.. The herbicides applied at the end-tillering stage of wheat were bromoxynil + diclofop-methyl, flamprop-isopropyl + MCPA, 2,4-D ester, diclofop-methyl and tribenuron-methyl. Compared to the untreated control, they increased grain yield by 359, 294, 216, 174 and 417 kg ha-1, respectively. These results showed the importance of the chemical control, which is applied in the Sétif region on less than 5% of the total surface of cereals.
authors.affiliation: Dépt. de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université Ferhat Abbes, Sétif 19000, Algériè.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fenni
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Shakir
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Maillet
mesh_terms: D000462:Algeria; D018533:Biomass; D002523:Edible Grain / Q000254:growth & development*; D031312:Fumaria / Q000187:drug effects; D006540:Herbicides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019684:Magnoliopsida / Q000187:drug effects*; D010207:Papaver / Q000187:drug effects; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D031245:Vaccaria / Q000187:drug effects; D032264:Veronica / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D006540:Herbicides