HERBICIDES CRITICAL IN SUCCESSFUL CROP PRODUCTION

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The soil has a bank of weed seeds and the rains received during the past weeks have led to their germination.
The frequency of the rains has made it difficult for farmers to come in with daily operations such as weeding and sometimes spraying of herbicides will be difficult, hence has led to competition by weeds for sunlight, space, water and nutrients.
If weeds are not controlled in maize during the first five weeks after crop emergence, this can lead to a yield reduction of approximately forty percent. In cotton, weed presence during the first eight weeks reduces yield by two percent per day.https://www.sundaymail.co.zw/herbicides-critical-in-crop-production