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Responses of Peach Trees to Herbicides, Mulch, Mowing, and Cultivation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

W. J. Lord  and
Edward Vlach
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Abstract

A 6-year study was conducted to compare the influence of 1,1′-dimethyl-4,4′-bipyridinium ion (paraquat), a mixture of paraquat and 2-chloro-4,6-bis(ethylamino)-s-triazine (simazine), frequent mowing, hay mulch, and cultivation on growth, yield, and nutrition of peach (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch ‘Jerseyland’) trees. The growth and yield of trees which received two annual applications of paraquat or one application of paraquat plus simazine were comparable to those of trees maintained under cultivation or hay mulch. Hay mulched and cultivated trees responded comparably. Hay mulched trees had higher leaf potassium (K) and lower leaf magnesium (Mg) than the other trees. Where grass was controlled only by mowing, trees were generally lower in nitrogen (N), made less growth, and produced less fruit.

Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , May 1973 , pp. 227 - 229
Copyright
Copyright © 1973 Weed Science Society of America 

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