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Seasonal Response of Woody Plants to Tebuthiuron Pellets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Rodney W. Bovey
Affiliation:
Agric. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. Agric., Dep. Range Sci., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX 77843. Headquartered at the Grassland, Soil and Water Res. Lab., Temple, TX 76503
Robert E. Meyer
Affiliation:
Agric. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. Agric., Dep. Range Sci., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX 77843. Headquartered at the Grassland, Soil and Water Res. Lab., Temple, TX 76503
L. Fred Bouse
Affiliation:
Agric. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. Agric., Dep. Agric. Engineering, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX 77843
James B. Carlton
Affiliation:
Agric. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. Agric., Dep. Agric. Engineering, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX 77843

Abstract

Pelleted tebuthiuron {N-[5-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl]-N,N′-dimethylurea} was hand broadcast at 2.2 and 4.5 kg ai/ha every month for 2 yr on an area infested with live oak (Quercus virginiana Mill. ♯4 QUEVI), post oak (Q. stellata Wangenh. ♯ QUESL), parsley hawthorn (Crataegus marshallii Egglest. ♯ CSCMS), and yaupon (Ilex vomitoria Ait. ♯ ILEVO) on the Gulf Coast Prairie near Cordele, TX. Live oak, post oak, and parsley hawthorn trees were killed at most rates and dates of tebuthiuron application. Applications of 2.2 kg/ha of tebuthiuron killed 90% or more of the yaupon plants when it was applied in October and December 1975 and February, March, and June 1976 and less than 90% when applied at other dates. On another site, pelleted tebuthiuron was aerially applied at 2.2 and 4.5 kg/ha every 3 months during 1978 and 1979 in the Post Oak Savannah near Bryan, TX. At 2.2 kg/ha, tebuthiuron killed all post oak and 80% or more of the blackjack oak (Q. marilandica Muechh.), yaupon, winged elm (Ulmus alata Michx. ♯ ULMAL), and mockernut hickory (Carya tomentosa Nutt.) regardless of date treated. Tree huckleberry (Vaccinium arboreum Marsh.) killed by tebuthiuron when applied at 2.2 kg/ha ranged from 34% in July 1979 to 69% from application in February 1978. Application of 4.5 kg/ha of tebuthiuron killed 83% or more of the tree huckleberry when it was applied in January and April 1978 and January, April, July, and October 1979. Herbaceous plant cover usually increased by the second season.

Type
Weed Control and Herbicide Technology
Copyright
Copyright © 1985 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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