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Retardation of Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata) Regrowth through Chemical Control of Vegetative Reproduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

K. K. Steward
K. K. Steward*
Affiliation:
Aquatic Plant Manage. Lab., Agric. Res., Sci. Ed. Admin., U.S. Dep. Agric., Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33314
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Abstract

Several chemicals were evaluated in the laboratory for their ability to inhibit growth of hydrilla [Hydrilla verticillata (L.f.) Royle] from tubers. Fenac [(2,3,6-trichlorophenyl)acetic acid] and dichlobenil (2,6-dichlorobenzonitrile) were effective in controlling regrowth in outdoor aquaria. In field tests, hydrilla regrowth was controlled for over 13 months by single applications of 34 kg/ha rates of fenac and over 48 months in one of three replicates treated with 11 kg/ha dichlobenil. Regrowth occurred in controls within 2 to 6 months. There were no differences in the number of viable propagules found in hydrosoil before and 13 months after treatments. Regrowth occurred from root-stocks and from tubers. Regrowth was associated with disappearance of the herbicides from water.

Keywords

Regrowth inhibitionfenacdichlobenilpropagules
Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 28 , Issue 3 , May 1980 , pp. 245 - 251
Copyright
Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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