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Response of Cuscuta campestris and Cuscuta indecora to glyphosate applied after attachment to alfalfa (Medicago sativa)

Creator:

Fessehaie, Rezene

Abstract:

The response to glyphosate [N-(phosphonomethyl) glycine] of two dodder species Cuscuta campestris Yuncker (field dodder) and Cuscuta indecora Chiosy (largeseed dodder) parasitizing alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) was compared. In the absence of glyphosate, alfalfa was killed or severely injured by parasitism from uncontrolled dodder. Results of field experiments in which...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis