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A Study Of The Influence Of Petroleum Mulches On Several Herbicides With Selected Vegetable Crops, C. Linnis Mills
A Study Of The Influence Of Petroleum Mulches On Several Herbicides With Selected Vegetable Crops, C. Linnis Mills
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The effects of petroleum mulches on plant response to herbicides were studied at the Farmington Field Station. The herbicides were applied to the soil preemergent and by incorporation at one-half, normal and double the recommended rates with asphalt overlay. The herbicides and crops used were: Atrazine and Ramrod on sweet corn, PEBC and Diphenamid on tomatoes and EPTC and Trifluralin on snap beans.
Germination, overall crop rating, grass and broad leafed weed control and yields were measured. Data recorded from these trials showed that herbicides are as effective under the asphalt when compared to plots with herbicide but no asphalt. …