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Postemergence Herbicide Options for Virginia Buttonweed (Diodia virginiana) Control

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Steven T. Kelly  and
G. Euel Coats
Steven T. Kelly*
Affiliation:
Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service, Winnsboro, LA 71295
G. Euel Coats
Affiliation:
Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service, Winnsboro, LA 71295
*
Corresponding author's E-mail: skelly@agctr.lsu.edu.
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Abstract

Combinations of 0 to 1,120 g ae/ha 2,4-D plus 0 to 42 g ai/ha metsulfuron were evaluated in both field and greenhouse experiments. Addition of metsulfuron to 2,4-D increased Virginia buttonweed (Diodia virginiana) fresh weight reduction in the greenhouse compared with 2,4-D alone, but reduction in fresh weight was not different from 32 g/ha or more of metsulfuron applied alone. In field experiments 5 wk after treatment (WAT), combinations of metsulfuron and 2,4-D did not control Virginia buttonweed greater than 32 g/ha or more of metsulfuron alone. No synergism for the combinations was observed. Field experiments conducted from 1991 to 1993 evaluated three-way combinations of herbicides for Virginia buttonweed control. Treatments included: 2,4-D plus mecoprop plus dicamba (five herbicide premixes), 2,4-D plus dichlorprop plus dicamba, 2,4-D plus MCPA plus dichlorprop, mecoprop plus MCPA plus dichlorprop, or 2,4-D plus mecoprop plus dichlorprop. Combinations containing at least 688 g/ha 2,4-D provided the most consistent Virginia buttonweed control 2 WAT. By 7 WAT, control was no more than 60% for any treatment. A separate experiment evaluated the effects of repeated applications of two- or three-way herbicide mixtures applied at least 5 wk apart when ground cover regrowth was 25%. Treatments included: 2,4-D plus dichlorprop plus dicamba ester, 2,4-D plus mecoprop plus dicamba amine, 2,4-D plus dichlorprop amine, or 2,4-D plus dichlorprop ester. Ground cover 1 yr following application of sequential treatments was 35% or less compared to 65% in the nontreated control. Following 2 yr of herbicide application, ground cover in the treated plots was 28% or less.

Keywords

2,4-D, (2,4-dichlorophenoxy)acetic aciddicamba, 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxybenzoic aciddichlorprop, (±)-2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)propanoic acidMCPA, (4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)acetic acidmecoprop, (±)-2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)propanoic acidmetsulfuron, 2-[[[[(4-methoxy-6-methyl-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)amino]carbonyl]amino]sulfonyl]benzoic acidVirginia buttonweed, Diodia virginiana (L.) # DIQVI2,4-DdicambadichlorpropmecopropMCPAmetsulfuronDIQVIDMA, dimethylamineIOE, isooctyl esterWAT, weeks after treatment
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Research Article
Information
Weed Technology , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , June 2000 , pp. 246 - 251
Copyright
Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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