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Absorption of 2,4,5-T Applied in Various Carriers to Honey Mesquite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

C. J. Scifres
Affiliation:
Dep. of Range Sci., Res. Plant Physiol.
J. R. Baur
Affiliation:
Plant Sci. Res. Div., Agr. Res. Serv., U. S. Dep. of Agr., Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. 77843
R. W. Bovey
Affiliation:
Plant Sci. Res. Div., Agr. Res. Serv., U. S. Dep. of Agr., Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. 77843

Abstract

Absorption of the butyl ether esters of (2,4,5-trichlorophenoxy)-acetic acid (2,4,5-T) by honey mesquite [Prosopis juliflora (Swartz) DC. var. glandulosa (Torr.) Cockerell] foliage was more rapid when 0.56 kg/ha was applied in 15 L/ha paraffin oil than when diesel oil, water, or emulsions of the oils in water were used as carriers. However, carrier had little effect on 2,4,5-T translocation to stems or roots. The percentage of greenhouse-grown honey mesquite plants killed was reduced when 2,4,5-T was applied in diesel oil as compared to other carriers studied.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © 1973 Weed Science Society of America 

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