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New Herbicides for Weed Control in Established Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Robert G. Wilson*
Affiliation:
Univ. Nebr., Scottsbluff, NE 69361

Abstract

Spring-applied herbicides were evaluated in field studies conducted in 1985 through 1987 in western Nebraska for selective weed control in irrigated established alfalfa. Imazethapyr, norflurazon, pendimethalin, and prodiamine did not injure alfalfa but varied in their weed control spectrums. Overall weed densities were lowest in plots treated with norflurazon at 2.8 kg ai/ha and diuron at 1.8 kg/ha.

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

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