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Control of Texas Gourd, Cucurbita texana, with Fusarium solani f. sp. cucurbitae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Gregory J. Weidemann  and
George E. Templeton
Gregory J. Weidemann
Affiliation:
Dep. Plant Pathol., Univ. Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 73701
George E. Templeton
Affiliation:
Dep. Plant Pathol., Univ. Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 73701
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Abstract

The soil-borne fungus, Fusarium solani (Mart.) App. & Wr. f. sp. cucurbitae, has shown potential as a mycoherbicide to control Texas gourd. Formulations and times of application that effectively controlled Texas gourd were determined in field studies. Aqueous conidial suspensions (1 × 108 microconidia/ml) were applied preplant incorporated, postemergence, or both at 280 L/ha alone or combined with trifluralin at 1 kg ai/ha. Alginate granules containing fungal spores and hyphae and amended with 2% (w/v) soyflour were applied pre- or postemergence at 220 kg/ha alone or sequentially with conidial applications. Mortality of 70% or greater was achieved with eight of nine fungal treatments. The fungus applied as conidia combined with trifluralin, as well as trifluralin alone, significantly reduced Texas gourd emergence.

Keywords

Trifluralin, 2,6-dinitro-N,N-dipropyl-4-(trifluoromethyl)benzenamineTexas gourd, Cucurbita texana (Scheele) Gray # CUUTXGlycine maxGossypium hirsutumbiological weed controlmycoherbicideacifluorfentrifluralinCUUTX
Type
Research
Information
Weed Technology , Volume 2 , Issue 3 , July 1988 , pp. 271 - 274
Copyright
Copyright © 1988 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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