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Efficacy of Corn (Zea mays) Herbicides Applied at Reduced Rates Impregnated in Dry Fertilizer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Thomas L. Rabaey
Affiliation:
Dep. Agron., Univ. Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706-1597
R. Gordon Harvey
Affiliation:
Dep. Agron., Univ. Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706-1597

Abstract

Field studies were conducted in 1992 and 1993 to evaluate the efficacy of EPTC plus R-29148 (EPTC+) plus cyanazine and alachlor plus cyanazine. Materials were applied PPI and PRE to corn at 25, 50, 75, and 100% of labeled rates in an aqueous solution (sprays) and as herbicide-impregnated fertilizer. EPTC+ plus cyanazine at all rates applied as sprays or as herbicide-impregnated fertilizer controlled 89% or more of giant foxtail. Velvetleaf and common lambsquarters control was less when alachlor plus cyanazine was applied as herbicide-impregnated fertilizer than when applied as sprays. When sprayed, alachlor plus cyanazine applied PPI controlled 95% giant foxtail only at the 100% rate without cultivation, but at all rates with cultivation. Alachlor plus cyanazine applied as impregnated fertilizer at 50, 75, and 100% labeled rates controlled 88% or more of giant foxtail when these treatments received a interrow cultivation. PRE treatments of alachlor plus cyanazine applied as herbicide-impregnated fertilizer were less effective in 1992 than in 1993 because of lack of timely precipitation following application.

Type
Research
Copyright
Copyright © 1994 Weed Science Society of America 

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