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Control of Medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae) and other Annual Grasses with Imazapic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Guy B. Kyser ,
Joseph M. Ditomaso ,
Morgan P. Doran ,
Steve B. Orloff ,
Robert G. Wilson ,
Donald L. Lancaster ,
David F. Lile  and
Marni L. Porath
Guy B. Kyser
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616
Joseph M. Ditomaso*
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616
Morgan P. Doran
Affiliation:
Cooperative Extension Solano County, 501 Texas Street, Fairfield CA 94533-4498
Steve B. Orloff
Affiliation:
Cooperative Extension Siskiyou County, 1655 South Main Street, Yreka, CA 96097
Robert G. Wilson
Affiliation:
Cooperative Extension Lassen County, 707 Nevada Street, Susanville, CA 96130
Donald L. Lancaster
Affiliation:
Cooperative Extension Modoc County, 202 West 4th Street, Alturas, CA 96101
David F. Lile
Affiliation:
Cooperative Extension Lassen County, 707 Nevada Street, Susanville, CA 96130
Marni L. Porath
Affiliation:
Cooperative Extension Malheur County, 710 Southwest 5th Avenue, Ontario, OR 97914
*
Corresponding author's E-mail: jmditomaso@ucdavis.edu
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Abstract

Invasive annual grasses, such as medusahead, can reduce forage production capacity and interfere with revegetation projects in California rangelands. Because of the taxonomic similarity to other more desirable grasses, achieving selective control of invasive annual grasses can be difficult. In selectivity trials conducted in Yolo and Siskiyou counties, CA, the herbicide imazapic gave control of many nonnative annual grasses yet provided some level of selectivity to specific perennial grasses used in revegetation projects throughout the western United States. The selectivity difference between newly seeded perennial and annual grasses was greater with PRE applications than with POST treatments. Both perennial and annual grasses within the tribe Hordeae were more tolerant to imazapic than other grass species. In addition, field experiments were conducted at three sites in northern California (Yuba, Yolo, and Lassen counties) and one in southern Oregon (Lake County) to test the response of imazapic to varying management conditions. Imazapic was applied PRE in fall (and also spring in Lake County) at rates from 35 to 210 g/ha on undisturbed rangeland, in comparison with rangeland cleared of standing plant material and thatch by either tillage, mowing and raking, or burning. Imazapic generally showed enhanced weed control when applied following disturbance. Rates as low as 70 g/ha, if combined with thatch removal, provided significant suppression of medusahead. In addition, disturbance alone generally reduced medusahead cover in the following year. Although imazapic showed potential for control of medusahead and other annual grasses, its selectivity window was relatively narrow.

Keywords

Imazapicmedusahead, Taeniatherum caput-medusae (L.) Nevski, ELYCMGrasslandintegrated weed managementinvasive weednative speciesrangelandrestorationselectivity
Type
Research
Information
Weed Technology , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , March 2007 , pp. 66 - 75
Copyright
Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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