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Weed Control and Forage Quality in Tebuthiuron Treated Pastures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Scotty H. Crowder ,
A. Wayne Cole  and
Vance H. Watson
Scotty H. Crowder
Affiliation:
Mississippi State Univ. Dep.
A. Wayne Cole
Affiliation:
Dep. of Plant Pathol. and Weed Sci., Mississippi State Univ.
Vance H. Watson
Affiliation:
Dep. of Agron., Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State, MS 39762
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Abstract

Control of natural infestations of dogfennel [Eupatorium capillifolium (Lam.) Small # EUPCP] and woolly croton (Croton capitatus Michx. # CYNCP) in a bermudagrass [Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. # CYNDA] – dallisgrass (Paspalum dilitatum Poir. # PASDI) sward ranged from 20 to 100% with surface-applied tebuthiuron {N-[5-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl]-N,N-dimethylurea}. In general, efficacy increased with rate of application from 0.6 to 1.1 kg ai/ha, and with time to 107 days after treatment. Only 0.6 kg ai/ha controlled less than 90% of the weeds during the growing season. Dry matter yields of desirable forage ranged from 60 to 290 kg/ha more with tebuthiuron treatment than in the untreated check. There were no consistent differences in forage quality among treatments, which indicates that tebuthiuron had no detrimental effects upon the bermudagrass or dallisgrass.

Keywords

Eupatorium capillifoliumCroton capitatusPaspalum dilitatumCynodon dactylonCYNCPCYNDAEUPCPPASDI
Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 31 , Issue 5 , September 1983 , pp. 585 - 587
Copyright
Copyright © 1983 Weed Science Society of America 

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