Vol. 15—1961 - NorthEastern Weed Science Society

Vol. 15—1961 - NorthEastern Weed Science Society Vol. 15—1961 - NorthEastern Weed Science Society

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174. Weed Centrel and Residual Eft'ects 81' Simazine and ef Atrazine A;ppli ..

more consistently effective than 5 lbs. AlAwettable powder formulations in reducing stands of perennial grasses. Hedge bindweed developed in dense stands in all plots from which turf was reduced by half or more. The herbicides Simazine and Atrazine applied to turf without rototilling or mechanically disturbing the soil surface resulted in appreciable reduction in grass stand. Wettable powder formulations were consistently more effective immediately following application in 1959 but were less effective than granular formulations in the year following application, i. e. 1960 compared to 1959. Thus granular fo:rmulations in this test had longer or gJ:"eater residual effect than wettable powder. The most effective combination of treatments in the present experiment is the combination of the herbicide followed at once by rototilling. 175. Residual action of herbicides The primary objective of rototilling in 1960 was to provide a seed bed for test crops. These crops included buckwheat and oats. .'Both species of the ornamental crops Ligustrum ovaUfolium and Euon;ymusfortunei are sensitive to Simazine. They were set out bare root for maximumexposure of roots to residual herbicide. Forsythia intermedia "Spring Glory and Pachysandra terminalis were also included in fiel! planting. In OCtober 1950 soil samples were taken and planted to kidney beans in the greenhouse as a final bioass~ for residual effect of the herbicides Simazine and Atrazine. Observations made in early August on discoloration in the seedling stage of buckwheat and oats or in the young foliage of Eu0D1InUSindicated clear response only with Simazine at the 10 pound rate of the granular formulation. Response to Atrazine was found in the 10 pound rate in the twice rototilled plots for both liquid and granular formulations. Not all plants of a kind in these plots showed response. Usually less than half of the plants showed yellowing of seedling leaves only or of new foliage formed after planting. Later season results in November indicated less response except with the Euon;ymus. Mature foliage of oats and buckwheat were normal. The test plants grew essentially as well as the normal non-yellow controls. Seedling beans showed no indication of abnOrmal growth in soil samples taken in October 1960 after herbicide application in July 1959. Residual action in cla;y loam ma;ybe effective in deterring immediate regrowth of grasses. Bindweed and Canada thistle, dandelion, and plantain appeared in 1959 and continued in 1960 unless rototilling was done. In this case regrowth was reduced in amount or to seedling stage. Residual action in 1959 or in 1960 was not adequate to prevent. the establishment of annual grasses and other weeds.

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<strong>Weed</strong> Centrel and Residual Eft'ects 81' Simazine and ef Atrazine<br />

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