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Controlling Two Sprangletop (Leptochloa spp.) Species with Preemergence Herbicides

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Lambert B. McCarty
Affiliation:
Dep. Environ. Hortic, Fifield Hall, Box 110670, Univ. Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-0670
D. Wayne Porter
Affiliation:
Dep. of Agron, Gainesville, FL
Daniel L. Colvin
Affiliation:
Dep. of Agron., Gainesville, FL
Donn G. Shilling
Affiliation:
Dep. of Agron., Gainesville, FL
David W. Hall
Affiliation:
KBN Engineering and Applied Sciences, Gainesville, FL

Abstract

Field and greenhouse studies were conducted to evaluate selected PRE-applied herbicides for sprangletop control. In greenhouse studies, oxadiazon and dithiopyr provided excellent (> 89%) red sprangletop (L. filiformis) control. Pendimethalin and metolachlor + atrazine provided good (80–89%) to excellent control for 6 mo and 2 mo during studies 1 and 2, respectively. Isoxaben and atrazine provided poor (< 70%) control during both greenhouse studies. In field studies, good to excellent bearded sprangletop (L. fascicularis) control followed dithiopyr, pendimethalin, metolachlor, and metolachlor + atrazine treatments. Dithiopyr at 0.8 kg ai/ha provided best (> 95%) sprangletop control throughout the 6-mo testing period. Under field conditions, control was inconsistent following oxadiazon with good to excellent control during one study and poor control in another study. Better or equal control than metolachlor + atrazine followed dithiopyr, pendimethalin, and metolachlor alone treatments. Oxadiazon also provided similar or better control than metolachlor+atrazine in three of four studies. Over all studies, dithiopyr provided best sprangletop control, followed by metolachlor, metolachlor + atrazine, pendimethalin, and oxadiazon. Isoxaben and atrazine treatments provided poorest or inconsistent sprangletop control.

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Copyright © 1995 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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