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Kikuyugrass (Pennisetum clandestinum) Management in Turf

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

David W. Cudney ,
James A. Downer ,
Victor A. Gibeault ,
J. Michael Henry  and
John S. Reints
David W. Cudney
Affiliation:
Dep. Bot. Plant Sci., Univ. Calif., Riverside, CA 92521
James A. Downer
Affiliation:
Ventura Co., 702 County Square Dr., Ventura, CA 93003
Victor A. Gibeault
Affiliation:
Dep. Bot. Plant Sci., Univ. Calif., Riverside, CA 92521
J. Michael Henry
Affiliation:
Orange Co., 1000 S. Harbor Blvd., Anaheim, CA 92805
John S. Reints
Affiliation:
Dep. Bot. Plant Sci., Univ. Calif., Riverside, CA 92521
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Abstract

Kikuyugrass is an invasive, perennial weed of turf-grass in California. Currently, complete renovation of infested turf is the most practical means of control. A less disruptive method was needed to reduce the competitive ability of kikuyugrass while allowing the regrowth of desirable turf species. Treatment with MSMA, triclopyr, and quinclorac did not control kikuyugrass as single applications, but when applied at 4- to 5-wk intervals over a 5-mo period, kikuyugrass was reduced. Sequential applications of two-way combinations of these herbicides in 1991 resulted in reductions of kikuyugrass from 80% to less than 1% of the sward.

Keywords

MSMA, monosodium salt of methylarsonic acidquinclorac, 3,7-dichloro-8-quinolinecarboxylic acidtriclopyr, [(3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyrindinyl)oxy]acetic acidkikuyugrass Pennisetum clandestinum Hochst. ex Chiov. # PESCLHerbicidesuppresscompetitionturf
Type
Research
Information
Weed Technology , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , March 1993 , pp. 180 - 184
Copyright
Copyright © 1993 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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