Table 4.  Summary of instances of soybean injury, weed control, herbicide program costs, highest yielding, and highest gross margins for the five weed control systems.

 

Soybean

Injury

All Weeds Controlled (>90%)

5 Most Expensive

5 Least Expensive

Highest Yielding

Highest Gross Margins

Conventional

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRE

2/6

3/6

1/6

4/6

0/6

1/6

PRE/POST

2/6

2/6

1/6

0/6

3/6

3/6

Roundup Ready

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRE/POST

1/9

9/9

2/9

0/9

7/9

8/9

POST (1-pass)

0/1

1/1

0/1

1/1

1/1

1/1

POST (2-pass)

0/4

4/4

1/4

0/4

3/4

4/4

Information in Table 4 is based on results presented in Table 3.

 

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