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Control of Canada Thistle and Field Bindweed in Asparagus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

A. G. Ogg Jr.*
Affiliation:
Agr. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. Agr., Irrigated Agr. Res. and Ext. Center, Prosser, WA 99350

Abstract

Canada thistle [Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.] and field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis L.) were controlled in asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L. ‘Mary Washington’) fields by repeated applications of dicamba (3,6-dichloro-o-anisic acid) at 0.6 kg/ha or 2,4-D [(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)acetic acid] + dicamba at 1.1 + 0.3 or 1.1 + 0.6 kg/ha. Applications of 2,4-D + dicamba at 1.1 + 0.6 kg/ha in early May and again in mid-June controlled 97% of the Canada thistle in asparagus fields. A third application about August 1 was required to give similar control of field bindweed. Rates of dicamba exceeding 0.6 kg/ha injured the asparagus.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © 1975 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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