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Response of Sugarbeets (Beta vulgaris) to Sublethal Rates of 2,4-D

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

E. E. Schweizer
E. E. Schweizer*
Affiliation:
Sci. Ed. Admin. U.S. Dep. Agric., Crops Res. Lab., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO 80523
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Abstract

The herbicide 2,4-D [(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)acetic acid] was applied as sublethal rates to sugarbeets (Beta vulgaris L. ‘Mono Hy D2’) in the field at different growth stages to determine its effect on growth and yield. The greatest reduction in top growth occurred when the highest rate of 2,4-D, 0.07 kg/ha, was applied to the oldest plants (12-leaf stage). All rates of 2,4-D reduced the components of sucrose yield (percentage sucrose, percentage purity, and root weight) to the extent that, together, the three components contributed to a significant reduction in recoverable sucrose. The yields of recoverable sucrose were reduced 6.8, 7.8, and 13.2% by the 0.017, 0.035, and 0.07 kg/ha rates, respectively.

Keywords

Herbicideplant growth regulatorspray drift
Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 26 , Issue 6 , November 1978 , pp. 629 - 631
Copyright
Copyright © 1978 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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