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Control of Annual Bluegrass (Poa annua) in Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium perenne) Seed Fields

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

W. O. Lee*
Affiliation:
Sci. Ed. Admin., U.S. Dep. Agric., Crop Sci. Dep., Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR 97331

Abstract

Ethofumesate [(±)-2-ethoxy-2,3-dihydro-3,3-dimethyl-5-benzofuranyl methanesulfonate] applied postemergence in November at rates from 1.4 to 4.5 kg/ha eliminated all annual bluegrass (Poa annua L.) that had survived application of diuron [3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea] in fall carbon-planted perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) seed fields. Ethofumesate also eliminated all annual bluegrass in established perennial ryegrass seed fields when applied in late October at rates from 1.1 to 3.4 kg/ha or when applied as sequential treatments with atrazine [2-chloro-4-(ethylamino)-6-(isopropylamino)-s-triazine] at 1.4 kg/ha or with simazine [2-chloro-4,6-bis(ethylamino)-s-triazine] at 2.2 kg/ha. In most experiments, perennial ryegrass seed yields were not adversely affected by applications of ethofumesate alone or by sequential treatments with diuron, atrazine, or simazine.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © 1981 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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