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Selective Weed Control from EPTC Applied with Seed of Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

J. H. Dawson*
Affiliation:
Agric. Res., Sci. Ed. Admin., U.S. Dep. Agric., Irrigated Agric. Res. and Ext. Center, Prosser, WA 99350

Abstract

In field and greenhouse experiments, liquid or granular formulations of EPTC (S-ethyl dipropylthiocarbamate) applied by hand directly in the row with seed of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L. ‘Vernal’), controlled grass seedlings in bands, usually 5 to 8 cm wide, without injuring alfalfa significantly. Grass was similarly controlled selectively when a mixture of alfalfa seed and clay granules, similar in size to alfalfa seed and containing 10% EPTC, was seeded mechanically.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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