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Effect of Herbicides on Quality and Yield of Sweet Potatoes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

William V. Welker Jr.
William V. Welker Jr.*
Affiliation:
Crops Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, New Brunswick, New Jersey
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Abstract

Several herbicides were used for control of weeds in Jersey Orange sweet potato plantings on a sandy loam soil at Hammonton, New Jersey, during 1960, 1961, and 1962. The treatments were applied preemergence to the weeds at transplanting of the crop. Data included crop injury scores, level of weed control, effects on yield, influence on internal root color and flavor, and effects on sprouting.

Excellent control of germinating annual weeds was obtained with 3-amino-2,5-dichlorobenzoic acid (amiben), 2,6-dichlorobenzonitrile (dichlobenil), N,N-dimethyl-2,2-diphenylacetamide (diphenamid), and dimethyl 2,3,5,6-tetrachloroterephthalate (DCPA). These herbicides had no adverse effects on yield, quality factors, or growth.

Type
Research Article
Information
Weeds , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , April 1967 , pp. 112 - 114
Copyright
Copyright © 1967 Weed Science Society of America 

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