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Record W4416841518 · doi:10.1017/wet.2025.10031

Efficacy of pyroxasulfone + encapsulated saflufenacil applied preemergence with partner herbicides for weed control in corn

2025· article· en· W4416841518 on OpenAlexaffabout
E. K. Nelson, Nader Soltani, Chris Budd, Peter H. Sikkema, Darren E. Robinson

Bibliographic record

VenueWeed Technology · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldAgricultural and Biological Sciences
TopicWeed Control and Herbicide Applications
Canadian institutionsBASF (Canada)University of Guelph
Fundersnot available
KeywordsMesotrioneAtrazineWeed controlField cornDicambaWeedFoxtail

Abstract

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Abstract A new encapsulated saflufenacil formulation has been developed and premixed as a single product with pyroxasulfone to provide control of small-seeded annual grass and broadleaf weeds and to extend the application window to early postemergence when applied to field corn. Pyroxasulfone + encapsulated saflufenacil applied preemergence alone and in mixtures with other herbicides were examined for crop response and weed control efficacy. We hypothesized that applying pyroxasulfone + encapsulated saflufenacil with a tank-mix partner would expand the spectrum of weed species that can be controlled and improve overall weed control efficacy compared to pyroxasulfone + encapsulated saflufenacil applied alone. Six field experiments were completed at three locations in southwestern Ontario in 2022 and 2023. Pyroxasulfone + encapsulated saflufenacil was applied alone, at 146 g ai ha −1 (pyroxasulfone 90 g ai ha −1 , saflufenacil 56 g ai ha −1 ) or 245 g ai ha −1 (pyroxasulfone 150, saflufenacil 95 g ai ha −1 ), and with the following herbicide partners: atrazine, dicamba, or mesotrione + atrazine. All herbicide treatments were applied prior to corn and weed emergence. Weed control, density and biomass, and corn injury and yield were assessed. All pyroxasulfone + encapsulated saflufenacil treatments caused no injury to corn. At 8 wk after emergence (WAE) pyroxasulfone + encapsulated saflufenacil (245 g ai ha −1 ) controlled common lambsquarters, redroot pigweed, and foxtail species by 42%, 59%, and 41%, respectively. Applications of pyroxasulfone + encapsulated saflufenacil (146 or 245 g ai ha −1 ) with dicamba or mesotrione + atrazine improved common lambsquarters and redroot pigweed control at 8 WAE compared with pyroxasulfone + encapsulated saflufenacil applied alone. Pyroxasulfone + encapsulated saflufenacil (146 or 245 g ai ha −1 ) applied with dicamba or mesotrione + atrazine provided similar control of common lambsquarters, redroot pigweed, and foxtail species to that of S -metolachlor/atrazine/mesotrione/bicyclopyrone, which is a standard herbicide used to control these weeds. Corn yield for all pyroxasulfone + encapsulated saflufenacil herbicide mixtures was similar to that of the weed-free control and the standard herbicide.

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Full frame distilled prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Bench or experimental · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.801
Threshold uncertainty score0.326

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.001
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.008
GPT teacher head0.223
Teacher spread0.214 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one teacher head, not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designBench or experimental
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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