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Changes in Rangeland Canopy Cover Seven Years After Tebuthiuron Application

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Thomas D. Whitson,
Mark A. Ferrell and
Harold P. Alley
Thomas D. Whitson
Affiliation:
Ext. Spec.-Pestic., Univ. Wyo., Laramie, WY 82071
Mark A. Ferrell
Affiliation:
Ext. Spec.-Pestic., Univ. Wyo., Laramie, WY 82071
Harold P. Alley
Affiliation:
Plant, Soil and Insect Sci. Dep., Univ. Wyo., Laramie, WY 82071
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Abstract

Tebuthiuron was evaluated at two Wyoming locations for its effects on big sagebrush control and associated vegetation, Big sagebrush was controlled with tebuthiuron at 0.6 to 1.1 kg ai/ha. Green needlegrass, prairie junegrass, blue grama, and Douglas rabbitbrush were unaffected by tebuthiuron treatments. Western wheatgrass and downy brome increased at different study locations and were dominant grass species at the end of 7 yr.

Keywords

Tebuthiuron, N-[5-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl]-N-N′-dimethylureabig sagebrush, Artemisia tridentata Nutt. # ARTTRgreen needlegrass, Stipa viridula Trin.needle-and-thread, S. comata Trin. and Rupr. # STDCOwestern wheatgrass, Agropyron smithii Rydb.prairie junegrass, Koeleria cristata (L.)Pers.blue grama, Bouteloua gracilis (H.B.K.)plains pricklypear, Opuntia polyacantha Haw. # OPUPODouglas rabbitbrush, Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus (Hook.)Nutt. # CYTVIdowny brome, Bromus tectorum L. # BROTEArtemisia tridentataBromus tectorumARTTRBROTE

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Weed Technology , Volume 2 , Issue 4 , October 1988, pp. 486 - 489
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Copyright © 1988 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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