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Sicklepod (Senna obtusifolia) seed production and viability as influenced by late-season postemergence herbicide applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Lawrence R. Oliver
Affiliation:
Valent USA Corporation, North Mankato, MN 56003

Abstract

Field studies were conducted at the Main Experiment Station, Fayetteville, AR, in 1994 and 1995 to evaluate the effect of postemergence herbicides applied at late-season timings on sicklepod seed production and viability. AC 263,222, dicamba, glyphosate, glufosinate, and paraquat were applied at five rates (zero; labeled rate; one-half, one-fourth, and one-eighth the labeled rate) to three sicklepod growth stages (bud formation, flowering to 9-cm pods, and 15- to 30-cm pods). The greatest reduction in seed production occurred when herbicides were applied at the flowering to 9-cm pod growth stage. All herbicides applied at one-half the labeled rate to sicklepod at bud formation and at the flowering to 9-cm pod growth stage reduced seed production greater than 80%, except glufosinate. Regardless of herbicide, rate, or application timing, viability of remaining seed was ≥ 90% with all treatments.

Type
Weed Biology and Ecology
Copyright
Copyright © 1997 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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