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Control of Field Bindweed and Other Perennial Weeds with Benzoic and Phenylacetic Acids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

A. F. Wiese  and
H. E. Rea
A. F. Wiese
Affiliation:
Texas Agr. Exp. Sta., Southwestern Great Plains Field Station, Bushland, Texas
H. E. Rea
Affiliation:
Dept. of Agronomy, Texas A & M College, College Station, Texas
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The growth promoting activity of substituted benzoic acids and 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4–D) was reported in 1942 by Zimmerman and Hitchcock. Interest in benzoic acids as herbicides was revived in 1950 when Bentley reported outstanding growth regulation with 2,3,6–trichlorobenzoic acid. Shortly thereafter several workers confirmed these results. Chlorinated benzoic acids have proven to be effective for eradication of field bindweed, and many other perennial weeds. At the present time these herbicides are labeled and sold for the eradication of field bindweed, leafy spurge, bur ragweed, Canada thistle, and Russian knapweed.

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Research Article
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Weeds , Volume 9 , Issue 3 , July 1961 , pp. 423 - 428
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Copyright © 1961 Weed Science Society of America 

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