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Application Placement Equipment for Bahiagrass (Paspalum notatum) Suppression along Roadsides

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Travis W. Gannon  and
Fred H. Yelverton
Travis W. Gannon*
Affiliation:
Box 7620, Crop Science Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7620
Fred H. Yelverton
Affiliation:
Box 7620, Crop Science Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7620
*
Corresponding author's E-mail: travis_gannon@ncsu.edu
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Abstract

Experiments were initiated during 2003 and 2004 to evaluate application placement equipment for plant growth regulator (PGR) applications along bahiagrass roadsides. Recently designed equipment combine low-volume application and pesticide placement technology. Application placement equipment conceal the image of a traditional spray application. Evaluated application placement equipment included a wet-blade mower (Burch Wet Blade) and rotary-wick applicator (Weedbug™) compared with a traditional broadcast spray. Wet-blade mowers are designed to mow and simultaneously apply a pesticide solution to a cut stem or leaf in a single pass, whereas rotary-wick applicators are designed to wick a solution onto foliage. Evaluated PGRs included imazapic (9, 35, or 53 g ha−1) and sulfometuron-methyl (26 g ha−1). Bahiagrass injury varied with application placement equipment and was greater with rotary-wick applications in 2003, compared with foliar broadcast applications and the wet-blade mower. Bahiagrass seedhead suppression ranged from 31 to 60% with application placement equipment in July 2003 compared with 93% for a broadcast spray. In 2004, rotary wick- or broadcast-applied PGRs provided excellent (> 90%) seedhead suppression. Although application placement equipment may have advantages to broadcast-spray applications, evaluated equipment did not enhance bahiagrass suppression along roadsides in North Carolina compared with a foliar broadcast spray. Additional research is needed to determine if this type of application may provide consistent results with other species and compounds.

Los experimentos se iniciaron durante 2003 y 2004 para evaluar equipos de aplicación directa de reguladores de crecimiento de las plantas enPaspalum notatum creciendo en los bordes de los caminos. Dicho equipo, de diseño reciente, combina tecnología de aplicación de bajo volumen con la de aplicación directa de pesticidas. El equipo de aplicación directa oculta la imagen de una aplicación tradicional. El equipo evaluado incluyó una segadora de cuchilla húmeda (Burch Wet Blade) y un rotoaplicador de mecha (Weedbug TM), los cuales se compararon con la aplicación asperjada tradicional. Las segadoras de cuchilla húmeda están diseñadas para cortar y aplicar simultáneamente una solución de pesticida al tallo o al follaje en una sola pasada, mientras que los rotoaplicadores de mecha se diseñaron para saturar el follaje con la solución del pesticida. Los reguladores de crecimiento de las plantas evaluados incluyeron imazapic (9, 35, ó 53 g ha−1) y sulfometuron-methyl (26 g ha−1). El daño a Paspalum notatum varió con el tipo de equipo de aplicación utilizado y fue mayor en las aplicaciones con rotoaplicador de mecha en 2003, comparados con las aplicaciones tradicionales al follaje y con las de cuchilla húmeda. La supresión de la formación de semillas de Paspalum notatum varió de 31 a 60% con el equipo de aplicación directa en julio de 2003, en comparación con 93% para una aplicación tradicional. En 2004, el rotoaplicador de mecha o la aplicación tradicional de los reguladores de crecimiento de las plantas lograron una supresión excelente de la semilla. Aunque los equipos de aplicación directa podrían tener ventajas sobre las aplicaciones tradicionales, el equipo evaluado no mejoró la supresión de Paspalum notatum en los bordes de los caminos de Carolina del Norte, en comparación con una aspersión foliar. Se requiere investigación adicional para determinar si este tipo de aplicación podría proporcionar resultados consistentes con otras especies y compuestos.

Keywords

Imazapicsulfometuron-methylbahiagrass, Paspalum notatum (Flueggé), ‘Pensacola’Seedhead suppressionplant growth regulatorlow-volume applicationwet bladerotary wickroadside turf
Type
Weed Management—Other Crops/Areas
Information
Weed Technology , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , March 2011 , pp. 77 - 83
Copyright
Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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