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Control of Creosotebush (Larrea tridentata) with Pelleted Tebuthiuron

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Pete W. Jacoby ,
Darrell N. Ueckert  and
F. Steve Hartmann
Pete W. Jacoby
Affiliation:
Texas Agric. Exp. Stn., P.O. Box 1658, Vernon, TX 76384
Darrell N. Ueckert
Affiliation:
Texas Agric. Exp. Stn., San Angelo, TX 76901
F. Steve Hartmann
Affiliation:
Univ. of Texas Lands, Midland, TX 79701
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Abstract

Aerial applications of pelleted tebuthiuron {N-[5-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl]-N,N′-dimethylurea} at 0.5 kg/ha reduced creosotebush [Larrea tridentata (DC.) Coville] density by up to 86% and by 99% when applied at 1 kg/ha in February or March. Grass production 32 months after treatment was 174 to 305% greater in tebuthiuron-treated plots than on untreated ran gel and, but forb production in treated plots was reduced 38% or more and the poisonous half-shrub broom snakeweed [Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. and Rusby] was reduced 94% or more.

Keywords

Gutierrezia sarothraeforage responserangelandbrush controlrange management
Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 30 , Issue 3 , May 1982 , pp. 307 - 310
Copyright
Copyright © 1982 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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