The addition of chlorflurenol (methyl 2-chloro-9-hydroxyfluorene-9-carboxylate) at 0.6 kg ai/ha or mefluidide {N-[2,4-dimethyl-5-[[(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl]amino]phenyl] acetamide} at 0.3 kg ai/ha to picloram (4-amino-3,5,6-tricloropicolinic acid) at 0.3 kg ae/ha increased leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula L. # EPHES) control compared to picloram alone. Application of 84 kg/ha nitrogen in the fall prior to a spring treatment of 0.3 kg/ha picloram decreased the original stand (75%) compared to no nitrogen (18%). In greenhouse experiments, chlorflurenol and mefluidide increased the amount of 14C-picloram absorbed approximately twofold when applied in combination but not when applied independently. Based on 14C-picloram absorbed, chlorflurenol and mefluidide each increased the amount of 14C translocated to the root system, whether applied independently or in combination with picloram. An increase in root bud numbers was observed following an application of 0.6 kg/ha chlorflurenol or nitrogen.

Field experiments were conducted to compare non-phenoxy herbicides with 2,4-D for broadleaf plantain, dandelion, and white clover control in cool-season turf. Herbicides tested were BAS 514, chlorflurenol, clopyralid, dicamba, triclopyr, and 2,4-D, alone and in combinations. Broadleaf plantain was controlled by 2,4-D and by clopyralid plus triclopyr at 0.21 plus 0.63 kg ae ha-1. Dandelion was controlled by 2,4-D, BAS 514 at 0.84 kg ha-1, and by the combination of clopyralid plus triclopyr at 0.16 plus 0.47 kg ha-1. Chlorflurenol, clopyralid, dicamba, or triclopyr did not control dandelion. White clover was controlled by all herbicides except 2,4-D. The combination of clopyralid plus triclopyr was the only non-phenoxy treatment which controlled broadleaf plantain, dandelion, and white clover.

The invasive biotype of common reed has taken over wetlands and can spread into roadsides, turf, and ornamental sites. Additional control options are needed for managing this biotype in noncrop areas and other sites. In container trials, fosamine, glyphosate, and imazapyr all provided excellent control of common reed. Triclopyr suppressed common reed, with increasing rates improving the growth reduction. Chlorflurenol, primisulfuron, and sulfosulfuron did not suppress common reed growth. In field trials, glyphosate and imazapyr were more effective than fosamine, providing 82 and 93% control, respectively, the following April after either June or September applications. The optimum window of application for glyphosate may therefore include both summer and fall applications, wider than the commonly accepted window of only fall treatments. Fosamine provided greater suppression of common reed when applied in September (68% control) compared to June applications (43% control).