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Response of Peach Trees to Herbicide and Mechanical Weed Control

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Jeff W. Daniell  and
W. S. Hardcastle
Jeff W. Daniell
Affiliation:
Univ. of Georgia Coll. of Agr. Exp. Sta., Georgia Sta., Experiment, Georgia 30212
W. S. Hardcastle
Affiliation:
Univ. of Georgia Coll. of Agr. Exp. Sta., Georgia Sta., Experiment, Georgia 30212
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Abstract

Herbicides and mechanical methods of weed control were tested on 1 and 2-year-old peach trees (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch) on two soil types and locations. Several herbicide methods gave season-long weed control without detriment to growth or yield of peach trees. In general, a cultural system where herbicides were used in rows and 8-ft sodded strips maintained in row middles did not decrease the growth or yield of trees when compared to overall mechanical methods of weed control.

Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , March 1972 , pp. 133 - 136
Copyright
Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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