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Experiments on the effect of hormone weedkillers on sugar beet

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

W. J. Byford
Affiliation:
Broom's Barn Experimental Station, Higham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
J. Prince
Affiliation:
Broom's Barn Experimental Station, Higham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

Summary

MCPA and 2,4-D sprays at up to 1/20 the dosage normally vised for weed control in cereals severely distorted sugar beet, which subsequently grew at near normal rate but remained distorted. The severity of symptoms and yield depression depended on the stage of growth of the beet when sprayed. Sugar-yield loss was greatest when plants were sprayed at the 6–8 leaf stage.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1976

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