Effects of low concentrations of herbicides on full-season, field-grown potatoes

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2070-2082

  Pfleeger, Thomas ^a   Olszyk, David ^a   Plocher, Milton ^b   Yilma, Solomon ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b DYNAMAC CORPORATION   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; FORESTRY; GROWTH (MATERIALS); PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE EFFECTS; PESTICIDES; WEED CONTROL;

BROMOXYNIL; EARLY GROWTHS; ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS; FIELD APPLICATIONS; FIELD RATES; FIELD TRIALS; GLYPHOSATE; IMAZAPYR; IN FIELDS; LESSER EXTENTS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; LOW RATES; OREGON STATE UNIVERSITIES; PESTICIDE REGISTRATIONS; PLANT HEIGHTS; PLANT REPRODUCTIONS; PLANT TESTS; QUALITY PARAMETERS; QUALITY REDUCTIONS; SEEDLING EMERGENCES; SOLANUM TUBERSUM; TEST PROTOCOLS; TUBER YIELDS; VEGETATIVE GROWTHS; YIELD LOSSES;

HERBICIDES;

2 (4 CHLORO 2 METHYLPHENOXY)ACETIC ACID; 2 (4 ISOPROPYL 4 METHYL 5 OXO 2 IMIDAZOLIN 2 YL)NICOTINATE ISOPROPYLAMMONIUM; BROMOXYNIL; CLORANSULAM METHYL; GLYPHOSATE; HERBICIDE; SULFOMETURON METHYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GREENHOUSE; HARVEST; NONHUMAN; PLANT HEIGHT; PLANT YIELD LOSS; POTATO; QUALITY CONTROL; TUBER YIELD; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

HERBICIDES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TIME FACTORS;

SOLANUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 57049126086     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2007.0376     Document Type: Article

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