Chemical weed control tests: Yields of flower seed increased in experiments with various chemicals to control annual weed pests costly to growers

Bivins, J; Harvey, W; Foster, N

Chemical weed control tests: Yields of flower seed increased in experiments with various chemicals to control annual weed pests costly to growers

Authors

Jack L. Bivins
W. A. Harvey
Newton H. Foster

Authors Affiliations

Jack L. Bivins is Farm Advisor, Santa Barbara County, University of California; W. A. Harvey is Extension Weed Control Specialist, University of California, Davis; Newton H. Foster is Farm Advisor, Santa Barbara County, University of California.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 11(9):12-15. DOI:10.3733/ca.v011n09p12. September 1957.

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Abstract

Excellent control of annual weeds in flower seed plantings was achieved in Santa Barbara County test plots treated with Vapam, pre-emergence dinitro, methyl bromide, and Shell 20, during December 1954 and January 1955.

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