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Altering Growth Form to Precondition Yellow Nutsedge for Control

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Leo E. Bendixen*
Affiliation:
The Ohio State University and the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Columbus

Abstract

One approach to the control of rhizomatous perennial weeds is to alter plant growth form to predispose the difficult-to-reach tissue to herbicides. Yellow nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus L.) was the test plant used in this study. Gibberellic acid induced erect rhizome growth whereas triiodobenzoic or naphthylphthalamic acids induced tuft-type growth as a result of a promoted and accelerated transformation of rhizomes to shoots.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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