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Arsenical Herbicides for Removing Broomsedge from Forage Grasses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

S. A. Lowance
Affiliation:
Agr. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. of Agr.
E. J. Peters
Affiliation:
Agr. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. of Agr.
R. E. Mattas
Affiliation:
Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65201

Abstract

MSMA (monosodium methanearsonate) and DSMA (disodium methanearsonate) killed 27 to 90% of the broomsedge (Andropogon virginicus L.) plants when applied at 1.1 to 6.7 kg/ha in July. These rates did not reduce yields of smooth bromegrass (Bromus inermis Leyss.) or affect the density of Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.) growing in association with the broomsedge.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © 1975 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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