Previous research has shown that activated carbon is effective
in inactivating certain herbicides applied as a preemergence treatment.
Studies were conducted in the greenhouse to determine the
influence of various factors on the ability of activated carbon to
inactivate herbicides applied after carbon application. Field studies
were conducted to determine...
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the activity of Sindone (isomers of 1, 1-dimethyl-diisopropyl-indanyl ethyl ketone) under field conditions and to gain information regarding the rate of detoxification of Sindone in soil. A series of trials were established in sugar beet fields in California, Oregon, and Washington. Sindone...
This study was conducted to compare the effectiveness of four
methods of incorporating the herbicide trifluralin into the soil, and
to determine the interaction between depth of incorporation of trifluralin
and depth of weed seed germination.
Field experiments on green and dry peas were established in
Oregon and Idaho. Trifluralin,...
Studies were conducted to verify the existence of IAA in wheat
seedlings and to determine the effect of (2-chloroethyl)-trimethyl-ammonium
chloride (CCC) on the IAA content of club wheat,
Triticum aestivum compactum, variety Omar. The shoots of CCC-treated
and untreated wheat plants were extracted with ethanol, the
plant extract purified, separated...
Norbak, Dacagin, and Vistik, when mixed with a spray solution,
each have the unique property of increasing the viscosity of
that solution. This property has been used commercially for the
reduction of spray drift.
Studies were made of the drift control adjuvants to determine
the following: (1) the effect of...
Previous field research with terbacil (3-tert-butyl-5-chloro-
6-methyluracil) has shown that early fall applications to dry soil
performed better than did late fall or early winter applications to
wet soil. Field and greenhouse studies were conducted to determine
the effect of soil moisture content at time of application and the
effect...
In previous research, bromacil gave good performance when
it was applied in early fall with fairly dry soil conditions and before
the fall germinating weeds had started growth. On the other hand,
if bromacil was applied in late November, December, or January
on nearly saturated soil with weeds that had...
Studies were conducted to determine the extent and nature of
sub-lethal effects of herbicides on plant growth. At least one
herbicide from each major chemical class of herbicides was evaluated
under greenhouse conditions. Oat plants were grown in sand
culture to eliminate soil interferences. Herbicides were applied
pre-emergence in nutrient...
Previous research has indicated several soil-applied herbicides
are more effective by exposure to emerging shoots than from
root uptake. Studies were conducted in the greenhouse and growth
chamber to investigate effects of herbicide placement in soil on
toxicity to emerging seedlings.
In these studies, an inch of treated soil was...
The use of bromoxynil (3,5-dibromo-4-hydroxybenzonitrile)
to control broadleaf weeds in cereal crops has become widespread.
This herbicide has not always performed satisfactorily for reasons
which were not clearly evident.
The effects of temperature, light and humidity on the herbicidal
activity of bromoxynil on coast fiddleneck, Amsinckia intermedia,
were studied. Fiddleneck...