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Soft Rush (Juncus effusus) Control in Florida Pastures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Neha Rana  and
Brent A. Sellers
Neha Rana
Affiliation:
Range Cattle Research and Education Center and Department of Agronomy, University of Florida, Ona, FL 33865
Brent A. Sellers*
Affiliation:
Range Cattle Research and Education Center and Department of Agronomy, University of Florida, Ona, FL 33865
*
Corresponding author's E-mail: sellersb@ufl.edu.
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Abstract

Soft rush is a perennial, tussock-forming plant that often infests low-lying grazing areas in Florida. Experiments were conducted to determine the most effective herbicides for control of soft rush. Herbicide treatments included triclopyr + fluroxypyr at 0.43 + 0.15 and 0.86 + 0.30 kg/ha, 2,4-D amine at 1.12 and 2.24 kg/ha, 2,4-D amine + carfentrazone at 1.12 + 0.02 and 2.24 + 0.02 kg/ha, aminopyralid at 0.12 kg/ha, and 2,4-D amine + dicamba at 1.61 + 0.56 kg/ha and were applied to soft rush with and without mowing to a 15-cm stubble height. Aminopyralid and triclopyr + fluroxypyr did not control soft rush with or without mowing 1 and 12 mo after treatment (MAT). When mowing occurred prior to application, treatments containing 2,4-D provided at least 81% control of soft rush 1 MAT. In contrast, control was no greater than 59% when treatments were applied without mowing soft rush. Mowing had no impact on soft-rush control with herbicides 12 MAT. Applications of 2.24 kg/ha 2,4-D provided at least 90% control 12 MAT, but this was not significantly different from the premix of 2,4-D + dicamba or 2.24 + 0.02 kg/ha 2,4-D + carfentrazone treatments. Therefore, effective control of soft rush can be obtained with the use of 2,4-D amine or products that contain 2,4-D amine.

Keywords

2,4-D aminefluroxypyrtriclopyrcarfentrazonedicambaaminopyralidsoft rush, Juncus effusus L. IUNEFlimpograss, Hemarthria altissima (Poir.) Stapf & C.E. HubbHerbicidesmowingpasture weed controllimpograss
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Weed Technology , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , June 2009 , pp. 321 - 323
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Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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