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Giant reed (Arundo donax) responses to herbicides in a greenhouse study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 June 2020

Mingyang Liu Open the ORCID record for Mingyang Liu [Opens in a new window] ,
Andrew Hulting  and
Carol Mallory-Smith
Mingyang Liu*
Affiliation:
Former Graduate student, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA Assistant Professor, Weifang Engineering Vocational College, Qingzhoushi, China
Andrew Hulting
Affiliation:
Associate Professor, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
Carol Mallory-Smith
Affiliation:
Professor Emeritus, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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Author for correspondence: Mingyang Liu, Assistant Professor, Weifang Engineering Vocational College, 8979 Yunmenshan Rd., Qingzhoushi, China Email: 2002-9-17@163.com
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Abstract

Giant reed recently was promoted as a biofuel crop in Oregon. Because giant reed is a highly invasive plant in North American rivers, the planting of this species in Oregon is a cause for concern to scientists and local land managers. However, some growers in the area were interested in producing giant reed as a rotational crop. To find potential herbicides to control the giant reed or to control it as a volunteer, 13 foliar and 13 cut-and-spray herbicide treatments were preevaluated in greenhouse studies. We chose 10% and 85% reduction in aboveground biomass for either crop safety or control, respectively. When applied at the standard rates, acetochlor and dimethenamid-p reduced aboveground dry biomass of the crop by 10% or less. Acetochlor+atrazine, atrazine, flufenacet, and mesotrione reduced aboveground biomass of the crop by at least 85%, indicating that these compounds have the potential to serve as controls against giant reed.

Keywords

Giant reed, Arundo donax L.acetochloratrazinedimethenamid-pflufenacetmesotrionegiant reedbiofuel cropschemical controlinvasive species
Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Technology , Volume 34 , Issue 6 , December 2020 , pp. 824 - 829
Copyright
© Weed Science Society of America, 2020

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Footnotes

Associate Editor: Daniel Stephenson, Louisana State University Agricultural Center

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