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Ammonium Sulfate Effects on the Activity of Herbicides for Selective Grass Control

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

K. Neil Harker
K. Neil Harker*
Affiliation:
Agric. Canada Res. Stn., Bag Service 5000, Lacombe, AB, Canada T0C 1S0
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Abstract

Greenhouse and field experiments were conducted from 1987 to 1990 at the Lacombe Research Station to determine the influence of ammonium sulfate (AS) on various grass control herbicides. In field studies, AS had slight or no effects on the phytotoxicity of aryloxyphenoxypropanoate (APP) herbicides (fenoxaprop, fluazifop, haloxyfop, and quizalofop). The largest AS-mediated increase in APP herbicide phytotoxicity was 19% (based on fresh weight reduction) for wild oat with haloxyfop at 50 g/ha. AS consistently mediated increases in cyclohexanedione (CHD) herbicide phytotoxicity. With added AS, barley fresh weight was reduced 75% (1988) with BAS 517 at 50 g/ha, and 100% (1990) with clethodim at 25 g/ha. Greenhouse studies confirmed field studies, but differences were less substantial and consistent. It is suggested that APP herbicides are either less susceptible to UV degradation than CHD herbicides, and/or that APP herbicides may penetrate plant cuticles quickly enough to nullify any protection from UV degradation that AS might provide via rapid absorption.

Keywords

BAS 517, 2-[1-(ethoxyimino)butyl]-3-hydroxy-5-(2H-tetrahydrothiopyran-3-yl)-2-cyclohexen-1-oneclethodim, (E,E)-(±)-2-[1-[[(3-chloro-2-propenyl)oxy]imino]propyl]-5-[2-(ethylthio)-propyl]-3-hydroxy-2-cyclohexen-1-onefenoxaprop, (±)-2-[4-[(6-chloro-2-benzoxazolyl)oxy]phenoxy]propanoic acidfluazifop, (±)-2-[4-[[5-(trifluoromethyl)-2-pyridinyl]oxy]phenoxy] propanoic acidhaloxyfop, 2-[4-[[3-chloro-5-(trifluoromethyl)-2-pyridinyl]oxy]phenoxy]propanoic acidquizalofop, (±)-2-[4-[(6-chloro-2-quinoxalinyl)oxy]phenoxy]propanoic acidwild oat, Avena fatua L. # AVEFAbarley, Hordeum vulgare L.AdjuvantsaryloxyphenoxypropanoatecyclohexanedionegraminicideAvena fatuaHordeum vulgareAVEFA

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Weed Technology , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , June 1995, pp. 260 - 266
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Copyright © 1995 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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