Glyphosate (N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine) is an effective
foliar-applied herbicide with broad-spectrum activity. Greenhouse
and laboratory experiments were conducted to determine the
importance of soil moisture, autoclaved soil, soil type, sphagnum
peat, soil pH, added phosphorus, and plant residues on crop
establishment and growth when glyphosate was applied before
emergence of the crop....
Time-course growth chamber studies were conducted on little mallow
(Malva parviflora L.) to determine whether sublethal doses of lactofen
(1'-(carboethoxy)ethyl-5-[2-chloro-4-(trifluoromethyl) phenoxy]-2-
nitrobenzoate) would enhance uptake of glyphosate (N'-(phosphonomethyl)
glycine) by altering membrane permeability. Lactofen-induced membrane
peroxidation was determined by harvesting leaf discs, measuring stress
ethylene evolution, and recording increases in...
The herbicide rate required to reduce growth by 50% (GR₅₀) of 11
cultivars of red fesue (Festuca rubra L. and F. rubra ssp. commutata)
and for four cultivars of bentgrass (Agrostis tenuis Sibth. and A.
stolonifera L. var. palustris) to sethoxydim (2-[1-(ethoxyimino)
butyl]-5-[2-(ethylthio)propyl]-3-hydroxy-2-cyclohexen-1-one) was
determined in greenhouse and laboratory experiments....
Field studies were started at Hyslop Farm, Corvallis,
Oregon in 1984 to determine the soil persistence of the
herbicide clopyralid (3,6-dichloropicolinic acid) under
cropping situations. The herbicide was sprayed on bare soil
at the proposed use rate of 0.14 kg/ha in the spring and on
the same plots at a...
This investigation was motivated by the introduction of the new
nearest neighbour analyses which reportedly provided a better control
of soil gradients than conventional experimental methods.
Three nearest neighbour analyses and six other analyses were
compared with the completely randomized design or the randomized
complete block design in reducing the...
The effects of erect leaf canopies on enhancing grain yield in wheat is not
understood. The main objective of this study was to understand the effect of leaf
angle on grain yield by comparing randomly derived-lines from crosses of erect
and droopy leaf spring wheats. Nine traits associated with canopy...
Tuber oatgrass (Arrhenatherum elatius (L.) Presl. var.
bulbosum (Willd.) Spenn.) is a perennial grass that often
becomes a weed problem in Western Oregon. Control efforts
using glyphosate often give unsatisfactory results. The
effects of several factors on development of tuber oatgrass
were investigated. Long days and cool temperatures (16/8h,
20/10C...
The purpose of this research was to determine a causal model of factors affecting
age integrated/age segregated neighborhood preference during retirement. Data were anaLzed for 1299 preretirers in four states: Idaho, Michigan, Oregon, and Utah, collected in a mail survey in 1990 by the Western Regional Agricultural Experiment Station Committee...
No-till pasture renovation can increase the quality and forage yield of underproductive pastures. Decreased erosion, lower costs, and less lost grazing time are advantages of no-till renovation compared to conventional renovation. Unwanted vegetation is first controlled with herbicides to decrease competition for introduced orchardgrass. Two field trials were conducted using...