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The Effect of Diquat on Aquatic Plants in Central Illinois

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Robert C. Hiltibran*
Affiliation:
Aquatic Biology Section, Illinois Natural History Survey, Urbana, Illinois
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Abstract and summary

Diquat (6,7-dihydropyrido[1,2-a:2’,1′-c] pyrazidiinium salt) was applied to several emergent, submersed, floating-leaved, and free-floating aquatic plants common in Central Illinois ponds. At relatively low rates, it was effective in controlling several submersed aquatic plants but not American pondweed, Potamogeton nodosus, and cabomba, Cabomba caroliniana. This herbicide also was effective on several common emergent species.

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Brief Papers
Copyright
Copyright © 1965 Weed Science Society of America 

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