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Vol. 16—1962 - NorthEastern Weed Science Society

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"' .. gt StatusofMHtic <strong>Weed</strong> Centro",nd Research<br />

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That brief hhtRry<br />

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brillg.g~,o tbepr ... nt WO public lnterest ln<br />

aquat:Lc weed control and rue arch ..... to be at flow t:Lde and to be .urglng<br />

higher. Ona f,ndf,catlon hthe f,ct thae 25 papen' Oft aquatic weed. were pre­<br />

•• nte4ae the. We'"SoCgty of _,1c.~ogr.. 10 a.cellber 1961 .s comptNd<br />

wlth 11 ,.pe,.s"la19~. 13 In.195$, and 7 in 1956. Aaotberlndlcat:Lon 1., the<br />

factthat.16$t,f~e~~lc\lltur.1 :.... rf.lllent St.tte. •• ubmltt.d propo .. la,f.n.<br />

S-ptell1:!er1961 f9f ,ptI;'t1dp.ti~ .1,na reglon.l , .... I'Q!l pzoojecton aquatic<br />

weed reaearcb f~d by Fedeul·,;fUl)d. d•• i.gnat&4 •• the "central Reaeucb<br />

Fund." Four of tbe .. proposals by tbe Al.b .... c.Ufor:nla •. NewYork. and<br />

Nortb Carolina State Experiment Stat:Lons weI" appzooved and funded. Prevloualy<br />

•. only ~ Al.b .... K1.1S~,·.nd Orellon Stolte hperf.lllent St.ti ••<br />

had bten.ctf.'IIe. .,in fuearch·on ,aquaUc wed control.<br />

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The. 38 Se.t,flxper1mentStet~. wblchrepU4.·. to,my q~st1onna1J:'... nt<br />

out in Septelllber 1961zoeported • total r .... rch ..feort on .quatic weed CODtrol<br />

of 10.5 lIIIIl~y.ar... nau&l.J.y•. ~be 31 St.te'"",'" OuIeCoalml.a100e·<br />

reported. total re~ar;ch .ff~t on aquatic weedccnt.t:to1 of 24 _n-y.a:n<br />

amu.1ly.<br />

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The total acreage of aquatic areas treat.d for: control of dlfferent:·<br />

types of .quatic weeds ln 1961 as reported by 10 to 16 State Flsh and a..e<br />

C~1e.ions .in _theutern ,Nor:thcentra1, .nd Sou~rn St.tes were 10,"2<br />

(14) .of f11_Jlteu •• lgae, 33,-808 (10) of otber f_ of algae, 15,373 (16)<br />

ofl'OOted ,sul!meree4weede, 10,5076,(16) of roote4·_ned weeds, and 39.611<br />

(10) of· floa.ting weeds., Wtth the po.e1b1. except¥to of floating weed. dleM<br />

treate4, aX'd. represent only .. U ·fractions of tbe.X'e.s in whlch these<br />

weed. were'X'eporrted to be MdOlol.9robl ....<br />

Re.99Z'ta OIl the .xtentoftr..talent of fant,poadsand drainage ditc:htl'.<br />

for aquaticweedCOlltrol. in ~tIae.. tern. oortQceatoral" and .outhern r'aione<br />

were not suffident in number for.a reliab1 ...... indication. Howewr-,<br />

there appeared to be conslderab1e chemlcal treatment for weed control in<br />

fal'1ll pond. in Nev .Jersey,' Ohio,Soutb Carolina. MWourl, and Teu..Apparently<br />

•. tbe UN of weed..contro1. practices 1n aquade ••• as is not nearly ..• e<br />

extenll-iwin. central., Southen. and Ba.tern Stat •• ; as it is in irrlgatiGn<br />

and drain ... canala oftbe Wee;t. The survey lIleIa~fioMd! earlier (8) .hCMtll.<br />

that 63,448mU ••. of.C/lDala were. tnated for: aqua'tflc weect. and.328.232,,·<br />

acre. of 4itebbAlnk weI'. treated for: weed control 1tI 19,57. These were 54<br />

and 80 percent ,re.,.ct;i vely. of the. total weed-iI1fested areas.<br />

A SU1llll8ry of I'tlp*t. ln ·the questionnaire .urYlY indicates the or., of<br />

preference for chemical and _chanlcal method. of controlllng the different<br />

types of aquatic "..da •• f.OU9WS·,vUh the number:·oI·apeciff.c mentlons' .<br />

shown in parentheees aft;er e~h .. thod:<br />

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~ .. copperwlf.te (la).; MdlUD1.r: .. nite,Q) ,carp (2). dlchlOM;(l).<br />

! Rooted 'uWreed:(D094' n. es) -~_ .~te (27), 2,4-Q (24),<br />

. .UYex -(,\2) •• ndotiwll;C .. cbanical ""oct. (2). canale!l!!l<br />

ditsbu) - ·MCh.anl~l. ",thods (7). xylol ;(4), urea (2) ,acro1'1o(2) •<br />

RgoteS !IIIH'!!CI -, 2,4-D (38!).•,;4alapon (22) ..... ~. (16). _chuie.,1<br />

methods (U), 111ve", ,P), 2.4,5-T (5). . :

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