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Desiccant Activity of Short Chain Fatty Acids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Robert Coleman  and
Donald Penner
Robert Coleman
Affiliation:
Summerdale, Inc., Okemos, MI 48864
Donald Penner*
Affiliation:
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
*
Corresponding author's E-mail: pennerd@msu.edu
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Abstract

In an effort to find safe natural products to function in traditional agricultural chemical roles, short-chain fatty acids were evaluated as desiccants for dry beans. Desiccation was evaluated in greenhouse studies on three dry bean cultivars: ‘Montcalm’ kidney, ‘Midnight’ black turtle, and ‘Vista’ navy bean. Caprylic (C8) and pelargonic acid (C9) were the most effective in the C2 through C10 range. Effective emulsifiers with C8 were Henkel Emsorb 6900 and Henkel Emsorb 6915. Organosilicone, saponified, methylated, and ethylated seed oil activator adjuvants enhanced the efficacy of the caprylic acid. C8 was also phytotoxic to velvetleaf, giant foxtail, and common lambsquarters; esters of C6, C8, and C10 fatty acids were comparatively less effective than C8.

Keywords

Common lambsquarters, Chenopodium album L. # CHEALgiant foxtail, Setaria faberi Herrm. #SETFAvelvetleaf, Abutilon theophrasti Medic. #ABUTHdry beans, Phaseolus vulgaris L.Caprylic acidadjuvantsemulsifiersAMS, ammonium sulfateC2 to C10, carbon chains of 2 through 10DAT, days after treatmentHFCS, high-fructose corn syrup
Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Technology , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , June 2006 , pp. 410 - 415
Copyright
Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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