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Influence of Herbicides on Direct-Seeding Establishment of Birdsfoot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) into Grass Sods

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Dean L. Linscott  and
Richard H. Vaughan
Dean L. Linscott
Affiliation:
U.S. Dep. Agric., Agric. Res. Serv., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY 14853
Richard H. Vaughan
Affiliation:
U.S. Dep. Agric., Agric. Res. Serv., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY 14853
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Abstract

Birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus L.) was direct-seeded into five different grass sods after treatment with dalapon (2,2-dichloropropionic acid), glyphosate [N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine], or paraquat (1,1′-dimethyl-4,4′-bipyridinium ion) at varying rates for vegetation control. During establishment, the stands of birdsfoot trefoil were acceptable in all treated- and untreated-sod grass sods except 1 yr in untreated tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) and timothy (Phleum pratensis L.) and 1 yr in tall fescue receiving 3 kg/ha of dalapon. Herbicide treatments resulted in a more rapid development of a significant legume component in the sward and an increase in forage yield over the untreated plots. Minimum herbicide application rates for best return for grass sod control were 0.5, 1, and 5 kg/ha respectively for paraquat, glyphosate, and dalapon.

Keywords

Dactylis glomerataFestuca arundineaceaPhleum pratensisLolium perennePoa pratensis
Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 30 , Issue 6 , November 1982 , pp. 567 - 571
Copyright
Copyright © 1982 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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