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Pyrazon, a Selective Herbicide for Sugar Beets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Richard Frank
Richard Frank*
Affiliation:
Botany Department, Ontario Agricultural College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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Abstract

The selective properties of 5-amino-4-chloro-2-phenyl-3-(2H)-pyridazinone (pyrazon), a new herbicide for the control of weeds in sugar beets, were investigated. Common lambsquarters (Chenopodium album L.), redroot pigweed (Amaranthus retroflexus L.), and green and yellow foxtail (Setaria viridis (L.) Beauv. and S. glauca (L.) Beauv.) represented about 77% of the weeds emerging and developing with beets. The preemergence rate of 4 to 5 lb/A pyrazon satisfactorily controlled the two broadleaf weed species but was marginal in controlling foxtail. At 6 and 7½ lb/A, beet stands were reduced; however, because of the standard practice of overseeding, normal stands were possible and yields of roots and extractable sugar were unaffected. Preemergence applications of aqueous suspensions of pyrazon were more satisfactory than postemergence. The addition of miscible non-phytotoxic oils or adjuvants to aqueous mixtures greatly improved the postemergence activity of pyrazon. In spite of the occasional temporary beet injury, beets in the two to four-leaf stage seemed relatively tolerant to postemergence treatments. Control was excellent when weeds were treated in the seedling stage (i.e. between cotyledon and four true leaves).

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Research Article
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Weeds , Volume 15 , Issue 3 , July 1967 , pp. 197 - 201
Copyright
Copyright © 1967 Weed Science Society of America 

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