Title | Control of honey mesquite with triclopyr and picloram + clopyralid on the New Mexico State University College Ranch |
Publication Type | Thesis |
Year of Publication | 1986 |
Authors | Poyga DF |
Number of Pages | 55 |
Date Published | 1986 |
University | New Mexico State University |
City | Las Cruces, New Mexico |
Thesis Type | M.S. Thesispp |
Call Number | 00259 |
Keywords | Atriplex,herbicide, brush control, dissertation, dissertations, herbicide, picloram + clopyralid, herbicide, triclopyr, herbicide,clopyralid, herbicide,picloram, herbicide,triclopyr, plant,Atriplex, Prosopis,herbicide, theses, thesis |
Abstract | Mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa) and fourwing saltbush (Atriplex canescens) were two of the major shrubs occupying a study site on the New Mexico State University College Ranch. The objective of this study was to examine the effects of triclopyr, and picloram + clopyralid, for control of mesquite and fourwing saltbush. Triclopyr was effective in reducing the canopy cover of mesquite and fourwing saltbush at 0.56 kg ai/ha rate. The percentage of dead mesquite plants was 22.2% and fourwing saltbush control was 12.5%. Picloram + clopyralid, at a rate of 0.14 + 0.14 kg ai/ha was not an effective treatment. Piclorma + clopyralid, at a rate of 0.28 + 0.28 kg ai/ha, killed 34.37% of mesquite and 59% of fourwing saltbush plants. |