Field experiments were conducted from 1989 to 1991 to evaluate several sulfonylurea herbicides, glyphosate and clopyralid for the control of bunchberry and other hexazinone tolerant weeds in lowbush blueberry. Broadcast applications of chlorosulfuron, metsulfuron and glyphosate reduced bunchberry densities at all application dates, though crop damage and subsequent yield reductions were unacceptable. Glyphosate was very effective in controlling a large number of plant species when applied as a spot spray treatment. Tribenuron and DPX R9674 were effective in suppressing bunchberry stem densities at all application dates, without major adverse effects on blueberry, and also controlled a large number of hexazinone tolerant weeds when applied as a spot spray treatment. Clopyralid, at rates as low as 100 g a.i. ha$ sp{-1}$, was very effective as a broadcast treatment for the control of tufted vetch, although problems with crop tolerance and yield reductions were evident in some instances. Clopyralid did not control a large number of hexazinone tolerant species when applied as a spot spray treatment.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.61161 |
| Date | January 1992 |
| Creators | Howatt, Stephen M. (Stephen Michael) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science (Department of Plant Science.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001287423, proquestno: AAIMM74806, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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