Herbicides on rangeland forage: Reduction of plant competition during seedling establishment on annual ranges by application of pre-emergence herbicides

McKell, C; Kay, B; Major, J

Herbicides on rangeland forage: Reduction of plant competition during seedling establishment on annual ranges by application of pre-emergence herbicides

Authors

Cyrus M. McKell
Burgess L. Kay
Jack Major

Authors Affiliations

Cyrus M. McKell is Plant Physiologist, Crops Research Division, ARS, USDA, and Associate in Agronomy, University of California, Davis; Burgess L. Kay is Assistant Specialist in Range Management, University of California, Davis; Jack Major is Assistant Professor of Botany, University of California, Davis.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 13(4):7-9. DOI:10.3733/ca.v013n04p7. April 1959.

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Abstract

Excessive competition from resident annual grasses and forbs–for moisture and nutrients–is one of the primary problems in establishing improved forage species on annual ranges.

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