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Root Plow Herbicide Application as a New Incorporation Technique

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

E. B. Hollingsworth
Affiliation:
Plant Sci. Res. Div., Agr. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. of Agr. in cooperation with Middle Rio Grande Branch Exp. Sta., New Mexico State Univ., Los Lunas, NM. 87031
P. C. Quimby Jr.
Affiliation:
Plant Sci. Res. Div., Agr. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. of Agr. in cooperation with Middle Rio Grande Branch Exp. Sta., New Mexico State Univ., Los Lunas, NM. 87031
D. C. Jaramillo
Affiliation:
Plant Sci. Res. Div., Agr. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. of Agr. in cooperation with Middle Rio Grande Branch Exp. Sta., New Mexico State Univ., Los Lunas, NM. 87031

Abstract

A new method was developed for incorporating herbicides into the root zone of saltcedar (Tamarix pentandra Pall.) in arid, low rainfall areas. A spray pipe with five nozzles was mounted along the rear edge of a 2.44-m root plow blade. A supply line connected the spray pipe with a sprayer mounted on the plow frame. In operation, the saltcedar roots were severed at a selected depth by the blade as herbicide was sprayed simultaneously into the cut-root zone. A similar root plow with a 1.22-m blade was designed for use on small research plots.

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

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