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Absorption and Activity of Nicosulfuron and Primisulfuron in Quackgrass (Elytrigia repens) as Affected by Adjuvants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Joseph A. Bruce
Affiliation:
Dep. Crop and Soil Sci., Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI 48824
Donald Penner
Affiliation:
Dep. Crop and Soil Sci., Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI 48824
James J. Kells
Affiliation:
Dep. Crop and Soil Sci., Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI 48824

Abstract

Greenhouse and field experiments were conducted to examine foliar absorption and activity of nicosulfuron and primisulfuron by quackgrass with various adjuvants. Foliar absorption of 14C-nicosulfuron and 14C-primisulfuron plus petroleum oil adjuvant (POA) was completed by 4 h after application. Absorption of nicosulfuron plus POA and primisulfuron plus POA increased from 11 and 2% of applied, respectively, to 51 and 12% with the addition of urea-ammonium nitrate liquid fertilizer (UAN). At least 83% of the absorbed 14C from either herbicide penetrated the leaf epicuticular waxes. Absorption of 14C-labeled herbicides was greatest with the following adjuvants: POA + UAN > nonionic surfactant (NIS) + UAN = methylated seed oil. The addition of UAN to either NIS or POA significantly increased 14C-herbicide uptake. In greenhouse studies, nicosulfuron and primisulfuron applied with POA plus UAN provided greater quackgrass control than with POA alone. Despite the differences in foliar uptake in the greenhouse, few differences were observed between these adjuvants in 1989 or 1990 field efficacy trials. Quackgrass control was reduced by the addition of atrazine to nicosulfuron plus POA in 1989 and to primisulfuron plus POA in 1990. Combinations with atrazine did not reduce 14C-nicosulfuron or 14C-primisulfuron uptake by quackgrass.

Type
Weed Control and Herbicide Technology
Copyright
Copyright © 1993 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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