Claim · model-written summary
Bromoxynil reduced onion yields in three of six experiments.
- Taxon
- Allium cepa
Allium cepat0 - Treatment
- bromoxynile3
- Outcome
- the yields of onione3
- Direction
- reducede3
- Value
- three of six experimentse3
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Verbatim
t0“Response of Onion (Allium cepa) to Annual Weeds”
e3“Methazole [2-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-4-methyl-1,2,4-oxadiazolidine-3,5-dione] and bromoxynil (3,5-dibromo-4-hydroxybenzonitrile) reduced the yields of onion in two of four experiments and three of six experiments, respectively”
Title
Response of Onion (Allium cepa) to Annual Weeds and Postemergence Herbicides
R. M. Menges; S. Tamez Weed Science 1981. doi:10.1017/s0043174500025868
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- Intervention effect Common sunflower and London rocket interference reduced onion yields within 7 weeks after emergence.
- Intervention effect Oxadiazon controlled all weeds except common sunflower under most field conditions.
- Intervention effect Oxadiazon reduced onion yield in one of six experiments.
- Intervention effect Methazole reduced onion yields in two of four experiments.
- Intervention effect Both herbicides controlled most weed species in onion.
- Intervention effect Bromoxynil alone controlled annual sunflower adequately in onion.
- Observation Onion was injured when low temperature, low light intensity and high relative humidity occurred within 3 days of herbicide application.
- Observation Oxadiazon persisted 5 months in soil in three of five experiments.
- Intervention effect Seeded London rocket reduced onion growth by 20% within the first 4 weeks.
- Intervention effect Seeded London rocket reduced onion growth by 65% within 12 weeks after planting.