02004naa a2200193 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000180006024501070007826000090018552014630019465000250165765000250168265000160170765000100172370000160173370000180174977300430176717002972022-03-22       1992    bl ---       0--  u    #d1 aYENISH, J. J.  aEffects of tillage on vertical distribution and viability of weed seed in soil.h[electronic resource]  c1992  aThe effect of different levels of tillage and weed management on population, distribution, and germination of weed seed was evaluated in three tillage systems at Arlington and Hancock, WI, in 1989 and 1990. Over 60% of all weed seed in the top 19 cm of soil were found in the top 1 cm in no-tillage at both sites. As depth increased, concentration of weed seed declined logarithmically in notillage. In chisel plowing, over 30% of seed were in the top 1 cm and seed concentration decreased linearly with depth. Moldboard plowing had uniform distribution of weed seed in the top 19 cm of soil. Preemergence metolachlor plus atrazine decreased weed seed population by 50% compared with no treatment over all tillage systems. One year of the herbicide treatment plus handweeding to assure weed-free conditions did not reduce seed numbers in chisel plowing or moldboard plowing compared to herbicide alone. Seed numbers with no-tillage and weed-free conditions decreased by 40% relative to herbicide alone. Common lambsquarters germination was 40% greater in moldboard plowing and chisel plowing compared with no-tillage. Gennination was highest in seed taken from 9 to 19 cm deep in moldboard plowing and from 0 to 9 cm deep in chisel plowing. Nomenclature: Atrazine, 6-chloro-N-ethyl-N-(1-methylethyl)-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diamine; metolachlor, 2-chloro-N-(2-ethyl-6-methylphenyl)-N-(2-methoxy-lmethylethyl) acetamide; common lambsquarters, Chenopodium album L .  aConservation tillage  aConventional tillage  aGermination  aWeeds1 aDOLL, J. D.1 aBUHLER, D. D.  tWeed Sciencegv. 40, n.3, p.433, 1992.