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Tolerance of Sugarcane Varieties to Herbicides

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Rex W. Millhollon  and
Rouby J. Matherne
Rex W. Millhollon
Affiliation:
Crops Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Houma, Louisiana, in cooperation with the Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station
Rouby J. Matherne
Affiliation:
Crops Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Houma, Louisiana, in cooperation with the Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station
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Abstract

Five herbicides were applied postemergence to three Louisiana sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) varieties. Nine or 12 lb/A of 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea (diuron) severely injured varieties C.P. 44-101 and C.P. 52-68, but variety N.Co. 310 was not affected. Conversely, N.Co. 310 was injured more by 2,2-dichloropropionic acid (dalapon) than the other varieties. Trichloroacetic acid (TCA) + 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) at 10.6 plus 3 lb/A, reduced the yield of variety N.Co. 310 in one of 2 years only. This treatment had no adverse effect on yields of the other two varieties. All varieties appeared tolerant to 2,3,-6-trichlorophenylacetic acid (fenac) applied at 4 to 12 lb/A. Diuron injured a sensitive variety both when the foliage was sprayed and when only the ground at the base of the cane was sprayed. Plants treated in May were injured more than those treated 30 days earlier.

Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 16 , Issue 3 , July 1968 , pp. 300 - 303
Copyright
Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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