Pre-applicationa % cover, 1 April 2002

Post-application % cover, 24 April 2002

Treatment

Italian ryegrass

Hairy vetch

Italian ryegrass

Hairy vetch

Italian ryegrass

Untreated

96.9ab

NPc

95.5a

NP

Treated

96.1a

NP

95.8a

NP

Hairy vetch

Untreated

1.2cd

93.0a

2.1dd

91.0a

Treated

1.1cd

88.0a

8.6dd

0.0c

Italian ryegrass/hairy vetch mix

Untreated

59.9b

39.5b

64.3c

35.3b

Treated

50.3b

47.8b

87.1b

0.0c

F(5,15)

154.5

130.69

269.56

563.29

PF

<0.0001

<0.0001

0.0001

<0.0001

LSD (0.05)

10.33

10.7

7.91

4.71

Interaction PF

0.435

0.203

<0.0017

<0.0001