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Tolerance of Transplanted Muskmelon (Cucumis melo) to Oxyfluorfen Applied Preemergent

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

John B. Masiunas  and
Stephen C. Weller
John B. Masiunas
Affiliation:
Dep. Hortic., Purdue Univ., W. Lafayette, IN 47906
Stephen C. Weller
Affiliation:
Dep. Hortic., Purdue Univ., W. Lafayette, IN 47906
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Abstract

Field studies were conducted to determine if oxyfluorfen alone or combined with other herbicides could be applied between black polyethylene mulch without injuring muskmelon. Oxyfluorfen at rates up to 1.1 kg ai/ha did not injure muskmelon provided adequate rain or irrigation occurred to incorporate the oxyfluorfen thereby minimizing vapors that could injure muskmelon. Using this practice, muskmelon yields from oxyfluorfen-treated plots were the same as yields from untreated cultivated plots.

Keywords

Oxyfluorfen, 2-chloro-1-(3-ethoxy-4-nitrophenoxy)-4-(trifluoromethyl)benzenemuskmelon, Cucumis melo L.Black polyethylene mulchbensulidechlorambenDCPAethalfluralinnaptalamoxyfluorfen
Type
Research
Information
Weed Technology , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , March 1989 , pp. 30 - 32
Copyright
Copyright © 1989 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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