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Re: Nigthmare in the Tilling Fields
My grandfather sent me a clipping from the Peoria, IL newspaper
(star-tribune?) about this USDA study... apparently, even the lights from
a tractor or the moon are enough to negate the reduction in broadleaf
weed emergence.
The study involved driving tractors at night, in a new moon, with
military-issue night vision goggles (I'd be willing to try it if only
for the neighbors' reactions).
The Peoria paper should be able to direct you to the study, if no one
else sugggests a more direct route.
Matt Norton
On Wed, 1 May 1996, Carol A. Miles wrote:
> Nigthmare in the Tilling Fields - this article just appeared in the Cornell
> Ag Viepoints Newsletter. It summarizes work by USDA-ARS scientist Doug
> Buhler in Rosemount, Minnesota. The work indicates that tilling soil in
> darkness can reduce small-seeded broadleaf weeds by 50-80%.
>
> Does anyone know if this work has been published and/or is the reference
> available? Have these results been documented elsewhere? A pointer to the
> author or others who have conducted this type of research would be
> appreciated. Buhler is apparantly located at the National Soil Tilth
> Laboratory in Ames, Iowa.
>
> Carol A. Miles, Ph.D.
> Washington State University
> Extension Agricultural Systems
> 360 NW North Street
> Chehalis, WA 98532
> PHONE 360-740-1295 FAX 360-740-2792
> milesc@wsu.edu
>
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