Hostname: page-component-78c5997874-j824f Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-10T06:33:57.660Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Evaluation Technique for Preemergence Herbicides for Sugarcane

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

H. W. Hilton
Affiliation:
Experiment Station, Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association, Honolulu, Hawaii
Edith Lawrence
Affiliation:
Experiment Station, Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association, Honolulu, Hawaii

Abstract

An 1130 IBM computer was used to process data from experimental plots to evaluate performance of preemergence herbicides in Hawaiian sugarcane fields (planted with varieties of four Saccharum spp.). The evaluation technique compares performance of experimental herbicides with the performance of three standard herbicides [2-(ethyl-amino)-4-(isopropylamino)-6-(methylthio)-s-triazine (ametryne), 2-chloro-4-(ethylamino)-6-(isopropylamino)-s-triazine (atrazine), and 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea (diuron)] under a wide range of environmental conditions. Under most conditions the substituted triazine 2-(sec-butylamino)-4-(ethylamino)-6-methoxy-s-triazine (GS-14254) gave better total weed control without crop toxicity than any of the three standards, and was particularly well-suited to regions of high rainfall.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Literature Cited

1. Hilton, H. W. 1964. Evaluation of HSPA pre-emergence and post-emergence herbicide program. Reports, Hawaiian Sugar Technologists 23:7880.Google Scholar
2. Hilton, H. W. 1967. A technique for evaluating pre-emergence herbicides. Hawaiian Planters' Record 57:278291.Google Scholar