UID:
almahu_9948026657702882
Format:
1 online resource (347 p.)
ISBN:
1-299-28239-3
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0-444-60160-0
Series Statement:
Developments in crop science ; v. 4
Uniform Title:
Fyziologie rostlin. English.
Content:
The Biology And Control of Weeds in Sugarcane
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; The Biology and Control of Weeds in Sugarcane; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1.The growing of sugarcane; 1. The sugarcane plant; 2. The germination, tillering, and growth of sugarcane; 3. The cultivation of sugarcane; Chapter 2.Weeds in cane fields and biology; 1. The general biology of annual weed species; 2. Economically important botanical and biological characteristics of perennial weed species; 3. The regenerative capacity of rhizomatous perennials; Chapter 3.Losses caused by weeds to sugarcane
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1. Reduction in growth of sugarcane caused by competition from individual weed species2. Reductions in cane and sugar yield caused by weeds under field conditions; 3. Reduction in plant weight and stalk yield of sugarcane caused by torpedo grass; 4. Damages to sugarcane caused by localized infestation of twining weeds, parasitic weeds, weed harboured disease, and toxic residues of weeds in soil; 5. Weeds thwart transportation for sugar factories, mar environments of farmsteads and clog irrigation waterways
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Chapter 4.Classification and mode of action of herbicides used in sugarcane agriculture1. Herbicides in use for sugarcane cultivation; 2. The entry, movement, and fate of foliar-applied herbicides within plants; 3. Fate of herbicides in the soil; 4. Selectivity of herbicides; 5. The nature of surfactants; 6. Synergistic activity and use of a mixture of herbicides; Chapter 5.The tolerance of sugarcane plants to herbicides; 1. Differential tolerance to herbicides in sugarcane varieties; 2. Varietal tolerance of sugarcane to pre-emergence diuron and atrazine
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3. Rooting characteristics and varietal tolerance of sugarcane to diuron4. Tolerance to herbicides of sugarcane from different types of propagation; 5. The effects of diuron on growth and transpiration of cane varieties; 6. Summary of sugarcane tolerance to herbicides; Chapter 6. The field evaluation of soil-applied herbicides; 1. The control of annual seed-germinated weeds with soil-applied herbicides; 2. Alternation of herbicides for maintaining balanced weed populations in cane fields; 3. Screening herbicides for alternation in annual field evaluations
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4. Regional tests of new products in mixture with sodium salt of 2,4-D5. Comparison between the sodium and dimethyl amine salts of 2,4-D; 6. Succession of gramineous weeds and screening new products for effective control; 7. Demonstration and registration of new products for commercial usage; 8. Statistical determination of tolerance to herbicides for a large number of cane varieties; Chapter 7. The control of established weeds with foliage-applied herbicides; 1. Control of emerged broadleaf weeds and cyperus species with 2,4-D; 2. Danger of indiscriminate use of 2,4-D
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3. Reinforced paraquat for control of established weeds
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-444-41617-X
Language:
English
