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Meadow Knapweed (Centaurea debeauxii) Response to Herbicides and Mechanical Control

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Timothy W. Miller  and
Cathy Lucero
Timothy W. Miller*
Affiliation:
Washington State University, Mount Vernon, WA 98273
Cathy Lucero
Affiliation:
Port Angeles, WA 98362
*
Corresponding author's E-mail: twmiller@wsu.edu
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Abstract

Meadow knapweed is a fertile European hybrid between black and brown knapweed that has expanded its North American distribution to 27 of the United States and four provinces in Canada. Two experiments were conducted on meadow knapweed in northwestern Washington to determine (1) whether meadow knapweed is similarly sensitive to several herbicides commonly used to control related knapweeds, (2) if herbicide application timing plays a role in control of meadow knapweed, and (3) whether mowing before, after, or instead of herbicide treatment can aid in meadow knapweed control. In the first experiment, herbicides were applied to meadow knapweed at rosette or bolting stages of growth, and again with the same herbicides in the autumn. In the summer following treatment, clopyralid alone or with 2,4-D, dicamba + 2,4-D, and triclopyr ester + 2,4-D ester provided 81 to 100% meadow knapweed control; the only other treatment providing similar control was glyphosate + ammonium sulfate applied at bolting and in autumn in the 2004 to 2005 trial. In the second experiment, combinations of mowing and dicamba + 2,4-D were applied at rosette or early flowering stages of growth. In the 2002 to 2003 trial, control when dicamba + 2,4-D was used exceeded 90%, except when meadow knapweed was mowed at rosette and sprayed at early flowering (78% control). Mowing twice the previous year had only a slight effect on meadow knapweed (10% control). Grass biomass exceeded meadow knapweed biomass in all herbicide-treated plots. In the 2004 to 2005 trial, meadow knapweed control and grass biomass was maximized when plots were mowed at rosette and treated with dicamba + 2,4-D at early flowering or when treated twice with these herbicides; these were the only treatments where grass biomass exceeded meadow knapweed biomass.

Keywords

ClopyraliddicambaglyphosateimazapicMCPPtriclopyr2,4-Dmeadow knapweedCentaurea debeauxii Gren. & Godr. CEDE5Integrated weed managementinvasive speciesmowing
Type
Research Article
Information
Invasive Plant Science and Management , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , September 2014 , pp. 503 - 510
Copyright
Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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