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Selectivity of Dichlofop Methyl Among Wheat, Barley, Wild Oat (Arena fatua) and Green Foxtail (Setaria viridis)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

B.G. Todd
Affiliation:
Dep. Plant Sci., Univ. Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2
E.H. Stobbe
Affiliation:
Dep. Plant Sci., Univ. Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2

Abstract

The selectivity of {2-[4-(2′,4′-dichlorophenoxy) phenoxy] methyl propionate}, (hereinafter referred to as dichlofop methyl), among wheat (Triticum aestivum L. ‘Neepawa’), barley (Hordeum vulgare L. ‘Bonanza’), wild oat (Avena fatua L.), and green foxtail (Setaria viridis (L.) Beauv.) was investigated. On an ED50 basis, barley, wild oat, and green foxtail were 2, 190, and 1,090 times more sensitive, respectively, to foliar-applied dichlofop methyl at the two-leaf stage than was wheat. Selectivity decreased with increasing maturity of the plant material with the ratio of selectivity between barley and wild oat decreasing from 55 at the two-leaf stage to three at the four-leaf-plus-one-tiller stage. Greater spray retention and more rapid penetration of dichlofop methyl partially explained the susceptibility of green foxtail, but did not explain selectivity between wheat, wild oat, and barley. Root uptake of 14C-dichlofop methyl by the four species was proportional to the amount of solution absorbed during the treatment period and to the concentration of dichlofop methyl in the treatment solution but was not related to species sensitivity to this herbicide.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © 1977 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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