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Adjuvants Enhance Weed Control Efficacy of Foliar-Applied Diuron

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Megh Singh ,
Siyun Tan  and
Shiv D. Sharma
Megh Singh*
Affiliation:
Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida, IFAS, 700 Experiment Station Road, Lake Alfred, FL 33850-2299
Siyun Tan
Affiliation:
Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida, IFAS, 700 Experiment Station Road, Lake Alfred, FL 33850-2299
Shiv D. Sharma
Affiliation:
Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida, IFAS, 700 Experiment Station Road, Lake Alfred, FL 33850-2299
*
Corresponding author's E-mail: mes@lal.ufl.edu.
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Abstract

The relationship between surface activity and weed control efficacy of diuron spray solution (0.075 kg ai/ha) with 12 adjuvants (0.1% v/v) was studied in the laboratory and the greenhouse. Organosilicone adjuvants reduced surface tension (ST) and contact angle (CA) of diuron spray solutions to a greater extent than did nonsilicone adjuvants. Three organosilicone adjuvants significantly increased the control and reduced the fresh weight of barnyardgrass. Contact angle was more closely correlated with diuron efficacy than ST, and the coefficient of determination between the CA and the fresh weight or control percent of barnyardgrass was 0.41. Kinetic® applied before or in combination with diuron significantly enhanced diuron efficacy. However, Kinetic sprayed after diuron did not affect the efficacy. Kinetic influenced the retention and absorption of diuron rather than its deposition and translocation.

Keywords

Diuronbarnyardgrass, Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) Beauv. #3 ECHCRAdjuvantAmaranthus retroflexusAMAREChenopodium albumCHEALcontact angleorganosiliconeSetria glaucaSETGLsurface tension, surfactantCA, contact angleST, surface tension; WAT, weeks after treatment
Type
Research
Information
Weed Technology , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , March 2002 , pp. 74 - 78
Copyright
Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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