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Vol. 15—1961 - NorthEastern Weed Science Society

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170.<br />

RESIDUEREPORTONAPPLESHARVESTED FROMTREESWHEREAMINOTRIAZOLE<br />

SPRAYSHAVEBEENAPPLIEDTO THEGROUNDCOVER.<br />

Oscar E. Schubert l<br />

. In 1957, an experiment was initiated at the West Virginia University<br />

Horticulture Farm near Mo~antown, to ascertain the effects of several<br />

herbicides on .apple trees (a), With more t'requent use of herbicides<br />

addi tiona! int'ormation would be needed regard1ng their harmful or beneficial<br />

effects q>on tree and fruit growth. Since the tolerance of plants to<br />

herbicides is often critical, herbicides were applied at the cODIlIOnly<br />

recommended rates and a.t rates five times greater. An orchardist or r~<br />

'WOrkers would be more likely to overspray) by trying to cover the area<br />

thorougb.ly or by a calibration error, than he 'WOuldby adding five times<br />

as much of the herbicide to the spray tank. For these reasons the application<br />

rates were 200 gallons per acre for the basic rate and 1

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