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Growth Response Of Velvetleaf To Three Postemergence Herbicides, Cheryl A. Murphy, John L. Lindquist

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Knowledge of how reduction in the rate of herbicide application or rotation of their mode of action influences weed growth will provide insight into how successful these practices will be in an integrated weed management program. Field experiments were conducted in 1996 and 1997 to quantify velvetleaf growth response to three postemergence herbicides, each with a different mode of action. A monoculture of velvetleaf was treated with halosulfuron, dicamba, and flumiclorac at 0, 0.10, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, and 1.0 X the labeled rate for weed control in corn. Percent plant mortality increased with rate of application; the greatest mortality occurred …