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Tebuthiuron Effects on Artemisia Spp. and Associated Grasses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Thomas D. Whitson
Affiliation:
Dep. of Plant Sci., Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071
Harold P. Alley
Affiliation:
Dep. of Plant Sci., Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071

Abstract

Tebuthiuron {N-[5-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl]-N,N′-dimethylurea} was evaluated on three Wyoming soil types for control of big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt.), silver sagebrush (Artemisia cana Pursh.), and phytotoxic effects on associated vegetation. Big sagebrush was controlled with tebuthiuron at application rates of 0.6 to 1.1 kg ai/ha, whereas silver sagebrush was not completely controlled. Prairie junegrass [Koeleria pyramidata (Cam.) Beauv.], western wheatgrass (Agropyron smithii Rydb. ♯3 AGRSM), needleandthread (Stipa comata Trin. ♯ STDCO), and green needlegrass (Stipa viritdula Trin. ♯ STOVI) were not significantly reduced with tebuthiuron up to 1.1 kg ai/ha. Blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis H.B.K. ♯ BOBGR), downy brome (Bromus tectorum L. ♯ BROTE), plains pricklypear (Opuntia polyacantha Haw. ♯ OPUPO), and broom snakeweed [Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh.) Britt. and Rugsby, ♯ GUESA] were tolerant to tebuthiuron at rates up to 1.1 kg ai/ha.

Type
Weed Control and Herbicide Technology
Copyright
Copyright © 1984 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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