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Effect of Chemicals on Buds of Quackgrass Rhizomes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

R. E. Meyer
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin; Crops Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, A & M College of Texas, College Station, Texas University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
K. P. Buchholtz
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin; Crops Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, A & M College of Texas, College Station, Texas
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Abstract

In agar cultures 1-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA) reduced bud activity of quackgrass (Agropyron repens (L.) Beauv.) rhizomes, while indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) had little effect. Gibberellic acid (GA) acted antagonistically with NAA. Maleic hydrazide (MH) had less effect on bud activity than isopropyl N-phenylcarbamate (IPC), 2,3,6-trichlorophenylacetic acid (fenac), or phenoxy compounds at high rates. GA or its active metabolite was translocated throughout the plant. 2,3,5-Triiodobenzoic acid stimulated bud activity on intact rhizomes.

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Copyright
Copyright © 1963 Weed Science Society of America 

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