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Shoreline Drizzle Applications for Control of Incipient Patches of Yellowflag Iris (Iris pseudacorus)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Joseph M. DiTomaso  and
Guy B. Kyser
Joseph M. DiTomaso*
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
Guy B. Kyser
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
*
Corresponding author's E-mail: jmditomaso@ucdavis.edu
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Abstract

Yellowflag iris, native to Europe, is a rhizomatous, emergent, invasive plant found in pond margins, ditches, and other wetland sites in much of the United States. In water depths up to approximately 50 cm, it forms dense stands, which displace native sedges and rushes, reducing waterfowl habitat and water flow. The rhizomes can reach 6 m in lateral spread, making it very difficult to control by mechanical methods. In addition, conventional boom-sprayer applications are often impractical in most aquatic systems. Drizzle application is a technique for directed treatment of hard-to-reach invasive plants. It uses low volumes (26 to 104 L ha—1) of concentrated herbicide solution, applied using a spray gun emitting a thin stream of solution with an effective range of 6 m. In this study, conducted along the margins of two ponds at the University of California, Davis, we compared drizzle applications of glyphosate, imazapyr, and triclopyr to applications using a conventional boom sprayer. Although both glyphosate and imazapyr provided excellent control (> 96 %) of yellowflag iris with either treatment technique, only the drizzle treatments of imazapyr at 2.26 and 4.52% ae (10 and 20% product) at spray volumes of 52 and 26 L ha—1, respectively, were below the maximum labeled rate and still gave > 98 % control. Furthermore, a cost analysis indicated that the most economical application for effective control of yellowflag iris was a drizzle application of imazapyr at 4.52 % ae (20 % product) at 26 L ha—1. This study demonstrates that drizzle application with imazapyr can be a practical application method for yellowflag iris control in aquatic systems in which broadcast treatments with conventional boom sprayers may be difficult.

Keywords

Glyphosateimazapyrtriclopyryellowflag iris, Iris pseudacorus L.Application technologychemical weed controldrizzlefoliarherbicideinvasiveIris pseudacorusyellowflag iris
Type
Research Article
Information
Invasive Plant Science and Management , Volume 9 , Issue 3 , September 2016 , pp. 205 - 213
Copyright
Copyright © 2016 Weed Science Society of America 

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