We determined the effects of ethyl N,N-dipropylthiocarbamate (EPTC) in soil placed at different shoot zones of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), oats (Avena sativa L.), and sorghum (Sorghum vulgare Pers.) below the soil surface after emergence. A wax-barrier allowed separate exposure of the shoot zones to treated soil. Wheat, barley, and oats were severely injured when treated at the coleoptilar internode. Exposure of the remaining shoot did not affect growth. Sorghum was severely injured regardless of the shoot zone exposed. On this basis, sorghum was the most susceptible, while wheat, barley, and oats were equally tolerant. Uptake of 14C-EPTC from the soil by the sorghum shoots was double that of wheat, a fact which might explain the differential susceptibilities. These studies indicate that growth responses of species to EPTC applied to shoots is dependent on the stage of plant development at which treatment occurs.

The vapor pressures of the four most common commercial low-volatile esters and a reference high-volatile ester of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) were determined by gas-liquid chromatography. The order of increasing volatility and the vapor pressure of these esters in mm of Hg at 187 C are as follows: isooctyl—2.7; 2-ethylhexyl—3.0; butoxy ethanol—3.9; propylene glycol butyl ether—3.9; and the reference, isopropyl—16.7. Extrapolations to 25 C support this ranking at working temperatures. Commercial esters of 2,4-D derived from long-chain hydrocarbon alcohols are in the same volatility range as the commercial esters containing an ether linkage.

Solutions containing 3-(m-trifluromethylphenyl)-l,l-di-methylurea (fluometuron) or 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea (diuron) were displaced through saturated 250-μ glass beads or through Norge loam soil at two water flow rates. The procedure used allowed uniform application of herbicide solutions to the soil surface and subsequent displacement of the herbicide through soil or glass bead columns at a constant water flow rate. Fluometuron was as mobile as the chloride ion at both high and low flow rates. The shape of the fluometuron distribution curves obtained at the two flow rates were distinctly different. The volume of water required to displace fluometuron through a material that adsorbed the herbicide was greater than that necessary to displace the fluometuron through materials giving a smaller amount of adsorption. More diuron was adsorbed by the glass bead system than fluometuron.

The meeting was called to order by President Richard Behrens at 4:35 p.m.

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