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Weed Control in Irrigated Seedling Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Robert G. Wilson
Robert G. Wilson*
Affiliation:
Univ. Nebraska, Scottsbluff, NE 69361
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Abstract

Spring-applied herbicides were evaluated in the field in 1982 through 1984 in western Nebraska for selective weed control in irrigated seedling alfalfa (Medicago sativa L. ‘Appollo’). Weed densities were least in plots treated preplant with benefin [N-butyl-N-ethyl-2,6-dinitro-4-(trifluoromethyl)benzenamine] in combination with postemergence applications of 2,4-DB [4-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy) butyric acid]. Combinations of sethoxydim {2-[1-(ethoxyimino)butyl]-5-[2-(ethylthio)propyl]-3-hydroxy-2-cyclohexen-1-one} with bromoxynil (3,5-dibromo-4-hydroxybenzonitrile) and fluazifop-butyl {(±)-2-[4-[[5-(trifluoromethyl)-2-pyridinyl] oxy] phenoxy] propanoic acid} with bromoxynil provided less grass control than sethoxydim or fluazifop-butyl applied alone. Annual weeds did not reduce alfalfa stand density.

Keywords

Forage qualityAmaranthus retroflexusChenopodium albumEchinochloa crus-galliHelianthus annuusSetaria lutescensSolanum sarrachoidesXanthium strumariumAMARECHEALECHCGHELANSETLUSOLSAXANST
Type
Weed Control and Herbicide Technology
Information
Weed Science , Volume 34 , Issue 3 , May 1986 , pp. 423 - 426
Copyright
Copyright © 1986 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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