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Vol. 16—1962 - NorthEastern Weed Science Society

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370<br />

,"~ary<br />

Exper1men'taltormuJ;a~of'<br />

R-1856i~d .ZPTCwere<br />

evaluatedt*the1rherbl~aal. activity oif$everal agronomic<br />

and hOI'ticUlt'-Ui"S.l crops. 'Htgh boiling pirl'itt'inic hydrocarbonfracj;1.ona,.havUlg<br />

..car.bon nUDlbw8-.aDos1e-Cts",were used-·<br />

as carriers for these herb1~j.de~ ~ "<br />

.;~ ..<br />

There were 1nit1al 1ri~iias~s in we.~i(rontrol with the .'"<br />

experimental formulations of' both R-1856 "'ti!ddEPTC. Simiiar""1y,<br />

tliere-~ai3.- greater'-~'jisTdu:al act1 vrty from these pre-<br />

.,parations than from the c6mniercial formulations. These increases<br />

in activity were especially pronounced with R-l856.<br />

It""wa-s-'observe-d'tha"twtth-e-el't"ain fortnulan6ris it was not ,_ ...<br />

necessary to1ncorporatethem1nto the 1S011·surface for 'I',<br />

improved activity.<br />

It may be concluded that the effectiveness of R-l856<br />

can be extended to incl~.~ broadleaved weed aotivity by<br />

formulating this herbicide ineertain hydrooarbon carriers.<br />

Acknowledgements'<br />

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The authors wish to acknowledge Dr., Robert H. Salveson,<br />

of Esso Research and Engineering Company, L1nden,New Jersey"<br />

for preparing "and suppl:l1ng,~tbe, experimental.'formulations of'<br />

thetl'lo .1!h:l.Ql.Q,ar'ParoatesL. .cr.ed1t is dus.h1m,f'.or h1.s assistance<br />

in obtaining data in the field and for his aid in preparing<br />

this manuscript. -: 1J<br />

Cred1t1.~lso due StaurfeI' Chemica! Company for supplYfng<br />

R-1856 6E and lOG and Eptam 6E and 5G.<br />

~,O ~).<br />

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