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A Surface-Roller Herbicide Applicator for Weed Control in Turf

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

William V. Welker Jr.  and
Donald L. Peterson
William V. Welker Jr.
Affiliation:
USDA-ARS-Appalachian Fruit Res. Stn., Kearneysville, WV 25430
Donald L. Peterson
Affiliation:
USDA-ARS-Appalachian Fruit Res. Stn., Kearneysville, WV 25430
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Abstract

A surface-roller wiper that rotates by direct contact with the ground was developed to apply herbicides to broadleaf weeds in turf. The free-wheeling roller 1.8 m wide consists of a 30-cm diam PVC pipe covered with a 1.3-cm thick carpet The herbicide is delivered by gravity to the carpet through a pipe manifold. Broadleaf weeds in turf were effectively controlled with 2,4-D roller applied once as a 2% solution (2.2 kg ae/ha) or twice as a 1% solution (1.1 kg/ha). Herbicide drift was avoided with the roller applicator as indicated by lack of injury to tomato plants downwind from 2,4-D roller applied as a 5% (5.6 kg/ha) solution.

Keywords

2,4-D, (2,4-dichlorophenoxy)acetic acidtomato, Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.Application equipmentherbicide drift2,4-DTAROFPLALA

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Research
Information
Weed Technology , Volume 3 , Issue 3 , September 1989 , pp. 472 - 474
Copyright
Copyright © 1989 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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