ISSN:
1365-3180
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
Notes:
Sixteen different herbicides and herbicide mixtures were evaluated for their efficiency in controlling Crotalaria sphaerocarpa Perr. ex. DC. using percentage mortality and relative plant dry mass as criteria of herbicide efficiency. Paraquat and a mixture of atrazine and Tronic were the only treatments which effectively controlled the weed at all ten leaf stages tested. Atrazine alone and ametryne alone were 100% effective only for the first four leaf stages. Other treatments were relatively ineffective.The wax coat on the leaves of C. sphaerocarpa possibly impedes the absorption of lethal quantities of some herbicides, resulting in an apparent resistance. This phenomenon, probably accounts for the fact that this plant is considered to be a problem weed.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3180.1982.tb00151.x
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