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Controlling Bamboo (Phyllostachys spp.) with Herbicides

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Mark A. Czarnota  and
Jeffrey Derr
Mark A. Czarnota*
Affiliation:
University of Georgia, Department of Horticulture, 1109 Experiment Street, Griffin, GA 30223
Jeffrey Derr
Affiliation:
Virginia Tech, Hampton Roads Agricultural Research and Extension Center, 1444 Diamond Springs Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23455-3363
*
Corresponding author's E-mail: mac@griffin.uga.edu
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Abstract

Bamboos are grass species that can escape cultivation and invade lawns, landscapes, and other areas. Limited information is available on ways to control invasive bamboo species. Greenhouse and field studies were initiated to determine the level of bamboo control provided by a single application of selected PRE and POST herbicides. Bamboo species included in the study were golden bamboo in greenhouse experiments and red-margined bamboo in field experiments. In greenhouse trials, MSMA, quinclorac, dithiopyr, clethodim, fenoxaprop, and sethoxydim did not control either species. Glyphosate, glufosinate, and fluazifop significantly reduced bamboo-shoot fresh weight, although regrowth occurred after a single application. In field trials, bamboo control with dichlobenil in the 2002 and 2004 experiments was less than 23%. For the study initiated in 2002, glyphosate and imazapyr provided 76% and 98% bamboo control, respectively, at 58 wk after treatment (WAT). By 161 WAT (approximately 3 yr after treatment), bamboo-control ratings were 40% with glyphosate and 85% with imazapyr. For the study initiated in 2004, at 61 WAT, glyphosate and imazapyr provided 46 and 88% control of bamboo, respectively.

Keywords

ClethodimdichlobenildithiopyrfluazifopglyphosateimazapyrMSMA, quincloracsethoxydimgolden bamboo, Phyllostachys aurea Carr. ex A. & C. Rivièrered-margined bamboo, Phyllostachys rubromarginata McClurelandscape weed controlpostemergence herbicides

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Weed Technology , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , March 2007 , pp. 80 - 83
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Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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