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A Continuous-Belt Herbicide Wiper

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

W. V. Welker Jr.  and
T. Darlington
W. V. Welker Jr.
Affiliation:
Sci. Ed. Admin., U.S. Dep. Agric. in cooperation with NJ Agric. Exp. Stn., New Brunswick, NJ and Pres., Joseph J. White, Inc., Browns Mills, NJ 08015
T. Darlington
Affiliation:
Sci. Ed. Admin., U.S. Dep. Agric. in cooperation with NJ Agric. Exp. Stn., New Brunswick, NJ and Pres., Joseph J. White, Inc., Browns Mills, NJ 08015
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Abstract

A continuous-belt herbicide wiper was developed to apply herbicides to weeds that are taller than cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait.) plants. An endless belt with a sponge attached to the entire length of the belt moves through a reservoir containing a herbicide solution. A variable pressure wheel squeezes the excess liquid out of the sponge and returns it to the reservoir. The herbicide is deposited on the leaves of the weeds as the belt moves in a horizontal plane, perpendicular to the forward movement of the wiper. Control of Walter's sedge (Carex walteriana Bailey), woolgrass [Scirpus cyperinus (L.) Kunth] and switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) was obtained when glyphosate [N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine], dalapon (2,2-dichloropropionic acid), and paraquat (1, 1′-dimethyl-4,4′-bipyridinium ion) were applied using the continuous-belt wiper. No injury to cranberry plants was observed.

Keywords

Cranberriesglyphosateparaquatdalapon
Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 28 , Issue 6 , November 1980 , pp. 705 - 708
Copyright
Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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