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Herbicide Activity in Close-spaced, Pickling Cucumbers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

T. J. Monaco
Affiliation:
Dep. of Hort. Sci., North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, North Carolina 27607
C. H. Miller
Affiliation:
Dep. of Hort. Sci., North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, North Carolina 27607

Abstract

The response of close-spaced, pickling cucumbers (Cucumis sativus L.) to preplant incorporation treatments of O,O-diisopropyl phosphorodithioate S-ester with N-(2-mercaptoethyl)benzenesulfonamide (bensulide), N-butyl-N-ethyl α,α,α-trifluoro-2,6-dinitro-p-toluidine (benefin), and dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate (DCPA) and preemergence applications of 4-(methylsulfonyl)-2,6-dinitro-N,N-dipropylaniline (nitralin) and the methyl ester of 3-amino-2,5-dichlorobenzoic acid (chloramben) has been evaluated over a 2-year period. DCPA and nitralin gave the best overall weed control, while benefin and the methyl ester of chloramben were less effective in controlling weeds. The poorest weed control performance was observed with bensulide. Nitralin, DCPA, benefin, and the methyl ester of chloramben caused crop injury if leaching rains followed application. Despite early herbicide injury, yields were usually not adversely affected.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © 1972 Weed Science Society of America 

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