Ocean water as a substitute for postemergence herbicides in tropical turf

Weed Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 788-791

  Wiecko, Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

Author keywords

Alternative weed control; Salt stress; Turfgrass salt tolerance

Indexed keywords

CYNODON (ANGIOSPERM); CYPERUS ESCULENTUS; DIGITARIA SANGUINALIS; MIMOSA; PASPALUM; PASPALUM VAGINATUM; POACEAE; STENOTAPHRUM SECUNDATUM;

EID: 63449113079     PISSN: 0890037X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WT02-171     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Carrow, R. N. and R. R. Duncan. 1998. Salt-Affected Turfgrass Sites: Assessment and Management. Chelsea, MI: Ann Arbor. P. 232.
2. Couillard, A. A. and G. Wiecko. 1998. A saline solution: seawater as a selective herbicide. Golf Course Manag. 66(5):54-57.
3. Dudeck, A. E. and C. H. Peacock. 1985. Effects of salinity on seashore pas- palum turfgrasses. Agron. J. 77:47-50.
4. Dudeck, A. E., C. H. Peacock, and J. C. Wildmon. 1993. Physiological and growth responses of St-Augustinegrass cultivars to salinity. Hortscience 28:46-48.
5. Dudeck, A. E., S. Singh, C. E. Giordano, T. A. Nell, and D. B. McConnell. 1983. Effects of sodium chloride on Cynodon turfgrasses. Agron. J. 75: 927-930.
6. Duncan, R. R. 1998. Keys to success with paspalum on golf courses. Golf Course Manag. 66(2):58-60.
7. Duncan, R. R. 2000. Seashore paspalum: the turfgrass for tomorrow. Diversity 16(1-2):45-46.
8. Duncan, R. R. and R. N. Carrow. 2000. Soon on golf courses: new seashore paspalums. Golf Course Manag. 68(5):65-67.
9. Glenn, E. P., J. J. Brown, and J. W. O'Leary. 1998. Irrigating crops with seawater. Sci. Am. 279(2):76-81.
10. Greub, L. J., P. N. Drolsom, and D. A. Rohweder. 1985. Salt tolerance of grasses and legumes for roadside use. Agron. J. 77:76-80.
11. Guam Environmental Protection Agency. 1990. Non-point Source Management Program. Tiyan, Guam: GEPA. 87 p.
12. Guam Environmental Protection Agency. 1992. Revised Guam Water Quality Standards. Tiyan, Guam: GEPA. 44 p.
13. Harivandi, M. A., J. D. Butler, and L. Wu. 1992. Salinity and turfgrass culture. In D. V. Waddington, R. N. Carrow, and R. Shearman, eds. Turfgrass, Agronomy Monograph No. 32. Madison, WI: American Society of Agronomy. Pp. 207-230.
14. Johnson, B. J. and R. R. Duncan. 1997. Tolerance of four seashore paspalum (paspalum vaginatum) cultivars to postemergence herbicides. Weed Technol. 11:689-692.
15. Johnson, B. J. and R. R. Duncan. 2001. Effects of herbicide treatments on suppression of seashore paspalum (Paspalum vaginatum) in bermuda- grass (Cynodon spp.). Weed Technol. 15:163-169.
16. Marcum, K. B. and C. L. Murdoch. 1990. Growth responses, ion relations, and osmotic adaptations of eleven C4 turfgrasses to salinity. Agron. J. 82:892-896.
17. Marcum, K. B. and C. L. Murdoch. 1994. Salinity tolerance mechanisms of six C4 turfgrasses. J. Am. Soc. Hortic. Sci. 119:779-784.
18. Meyer, M. J., M.A.L. Smith, and S. L. Knight. 1989. Salinity effects on St. Augustinegrass: a novel system to quantify stress response. J. Plant Nutr. 12:893-908.
19. Wiecko, G. 1999. Crabgrass (Digitaria spp.) and mimosa [Mimosa pudica (L.) D.C.] control in recreational turf on the Pacific islands using ocean water. Weed Sci. Soc. Am. Abstr. 39:18.
20. Wiecko, G. 2000a. Sequential PRE and POST herbicide treatments for goose-grass (Eleusine indica) control in bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon) turf. Weed Technol. 14:776-782.
21. Wiecko, G. 2000b. Usage of Ocean Water to Control Weeds in Recreational Turf of the Pacific Islands. Madison, WI: American Society of Agronomy Abstract. 124 p.
22. Wiecko, G. 2003. Control of Mimosa strigillosa and Alysicarpus vaginalis in the tropical turf. Weed Sci. Soc. Am. Abstr. 43:12.
23. Wiecko, G. and A. Couillard. 1999. Sequential postemergence/preemergence treatments for crabgrass control in bermudagrass turf. J. Environ. Hortic. 17(3):103-107.