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Roadside Management of Annual Fleabane (Erigeron annuus) and Wild Carrot (Daucus carota)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Shelby J. Fleischer
Affiliation:
Dep. Entomol, Ala. Agric. Exp. Stn., Auburn University, AL 36849
Michael J. Gaylor
Affiliation:
Dep. Entomol, Ala. Agric. Exp. Stn., Auburn University, AL 36849
Ray Dickens
Affiliation:
Dep. Agron., Ala. Agric. Exp. Stn., Auburn University, AL 36849
David L. Turner
Affiliation:
Dep. Agron., Ala. Agric. Exp. Stn., Auburn University, AL 36849

Abstract

Interstate rights-of-way may serve as weed host reservoirs for the tarnished plant bug, an insect pest of cotton. Management of these rights-of-way may have an impact upon cotton pest management. In a 3-yr study, time of mowing, frequency of mowing, and sulfometuron methyl applied against overwintering rosettes influenced the cover of annual fleabane and wild carrot, which harbor tarnished plant bugs.

Type
Research
Copyright
Copyright © 1989 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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