To evaluate the combined impact of residual herbicides, soil levelling and post emergent options for wild oat efficacy.

An emergence count was done 28 days after planting (28 DAA). There was no significant impact on chickpea establishment from the pre-emergent herbicides or from the levelling treatments. 

A count of wild oats was made prior to application of the early post emergent herbicides. Very few wild oats had germinated. Differences between treatments were not significant.

 A second count of wild oats and a wild oat panicle count was made in mid-October, 64 days after the Verdict + Status application and 38 days after the Oatmaster application. No surviving wild oat plants were found following the Verdict + Status treatment. 

Although wild oat emergence in this trial was too low for confident outcomes, there was a significant interaction between levelling and residual herbicide. Avadex + TriflurX, Outlook and Rifle all had significantly improved control wild oat control when levelling was applied. No wild oat panicles were found following the knockdown of Verdict + Status with significantly higher panicle counts following Oatmaster. 

The wild oat population in this trial was too low to provide sound conclusions.