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Inhibition of Mesquite (Prosopis juliflora var. glandulosa) Growth by Fosamine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

P. R. Morey  and
B. E. Dahl
P. R. Morey
Affiliation:
Dep. Biol. Sci., Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX 79409
B. E. Dahl
Affiliation:
Range and Wildlife Mgt., Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX 79409
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Abstract

Fosamine [ethyl hydrogen (aminocarbonyl)phosphonate] acted as a chemical inhibitor of shoot growth for periods of up to 3 yr following a single summer application to honey mesquite [Prosopis juliflora (Swartz) DC. var. glandulosa (Torr.) Cockerell] trees. Anatomical study of field, greenhouse, and seedling mesquite indicated that the inhibition of primary and secondary growth caused by fosamine was due to a general cessation of nuclear activity in apical meristems and in the vascular and cork cambia of this species.

Keywords

Anatomycell divisiontrifluralin
Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 28 , Issue 3 , May 1980 , pp. 251 - 255
Copyright
Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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