Weed Control in Corn and Soybean with Group 15 (VLCFA Inhibitor) Herbicides Applied Preemergence

Table 2

Control, density, and dry weight of redroot pigweed in corn treated with VLCFA inhibitor herbicides, applied preemergence (PRE), near Exeter in 2016 and 2017 and Ridgetown in 2017^a.

Treatment	Rate (g·ai·ha^−1)	Control (%)		Density (no. m^−2)	Dry weight (g·m^−2)
		4 WAA	8 WAA
Corn
Weed-free control		100	100	0^a	0.0^a
Weedy control		0^b	0^b	10.1^b	8.9^b
Dimethenamid-p	544	99^a	99^a	0.2^a	0.1^a
Pethoxamid	840	98^a	90^a	0.4^a	0.5^a
Pyroxasulfone	100	99^a	99^a	0.7^a	0.6^a
S-metolachlor	1050	98^a	96^a	0.8^a	0.8^a

^aMeans followed by the same alphabetical letter within a column for each crop are not significantly different according to the Tukey–Kramer multiple range test at .