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Wood vinegar for control of broadleaf weeds in dormant turfgrass

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Zhikui Hao Open the ORCID record for Zhikui Hao [Opens in a new window] ,
Muthukumar Bagavathiannan Open the ORCID record for Muthukumar Bagavathiannan [Opens in a new window] ,
Ying Li Open the ORCID record for Ying Li [Opens in a new window] ,
Mingnan Qu Open the ORCID record for Mingnan Qu [Opens in a new window] ,
Zhiyong Wang Open the ORCID record for Zhiyong Wang [Opens in a new window]  and
Jialin Yu Open the ORCID record for Jialin Yu [Opens in a new window]
Zhikui Hao
Affiliation:
Associate Professor, Institute of Applied Biotechnology, School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Taizhou Vocational and Technical College, Taizhou, China
Muthukumar Bagavathiannan
Affiliation:
Associate Professor, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
Ying Li
Affiliation:
Associate Research Professor, Liaoning Academy of Agricultural Science, Liaoning, China
Mingnan Qu
Affiliation:
Associate Research Professor, National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai, China
Zhiyong Wang
Affiliation:
Professor, College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, China
Jialin Yu*
Affiliation:
Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA; current: Research Professor, Institute of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University, Weifang, China.
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Author for correspondence: Jialin Yu, Peking University Institute of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Binhu Road, Weifang, Shandong, 261000, China. Email: yu.jialin@tamu.edu
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Abstract

Wood vinegar, a product of pyrolysis, can induce phytotoxicity on plants when applied at an adequate rate and concentration. The objective of this research was to investigate wood vinegar obtained from the pyrolysis of apple tree branches for weed control in dormant zoysiagrass. In environment-controlled growth chambers, white clover visual injury and shoot mass reduction were evaluated and compared to the nontreated control after wood vinegar application at 1,000, 2,000, or 4,000 L ha−1 under 10 C or 30 C temperature conditions. Averaged across rates, wood vinegar rapidly desiccated white clover and caused 83% and 71% visual injury at 10 C and 30 C, respectively, at 1 d after treatment (DAT). Averaged across temperatures, wood vinegar at 1,000, 2,000, and 4,000 L ha−1 reduced white clover shoot mass by 56%, 81%, and 98% from the nontreated control at 10 DAT, respectively. In field experiments, weed control increased as wood vinegar rates increased from 1,000 to 5,000 L ha−1 in dormant zoysiagrass. The effective application dose of wood vinegar required to provide 90% control (ED90) of annual fleabane, Persian speedwell, and white clover was determined to be 2,450, 2,300, and 4,020 L ha−1, respectively, at 2 wk after treatment. Turf quality did not differ among the wood vinegar treatments and the nontreated control when zoysiagrass completely recovered from dormancy. Overall, results illustrate that wood vinegar resulting from the pyrolysis of apple tree branches can be used as a nonselective herbicide in dormant turfgrass, offering a new nonsynthetic herbicide option for weed control in managed turf.

Keywords

Annual fleabaneErigeron annuus L. Pers.Persian speedwellVeronica persica Poir.white cloverTrifolium repens L.appleMalus domestica L.zoysiagrassZoysia japonica Steud.Pyrolysisnonsynthetic herbicidenatural herbicideweed resistance managementintegrated weed management
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Research Article
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Weed Technology , Volume 35 , Issue 6 , December 2021 , pp. 901 - 907
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Weed Science Society of America

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Associate Editor: Darren Robinson, University of Guelph

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