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Weed Control During Establishment of Birdsfoot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) and Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) with EPTC and Dinoseb

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

D. L. Linscott  and
R. D. Hagin
D. L. Linscott
Affiliation:
Agric. Res. Serv., U. S. Dep. Agric., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY 14853
R. D. Hagin
Affiliation:
Agric. Res. Serv., U. S. Dep. Agric., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY 14853
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Abstract

Yields of birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus L.) and red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) were increased during establishment after herbicide treatments. All treatments, which included preplanting application and incorporation of EPTC (S-ethyl dipropylthiocarbamate) at 2, and 4 kg/ha in all combinations with postemergence applications of dinoseb (2-sec-butyl-4,6-dinitrophenol) at 0.25 and 0.5 kg/ha, controlled weeds and increased yields over those of untreated plots during a 2-yr period. EPTC and dinoseb treatments alone and in combinations were economical in birdsfoot trefoil, using the cost for weed control and the value of the extra forage. However, with red clover only dinoseb proved economically feasible at hay prices less than $80/metric ton.

Keywords

Forageslegumesproduction costsherbicides
Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 26 , Issue 5 , September 1978 , pp. 497 - 501
Copyright
Copyright © 1978 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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