Claim · model-written summary
Postemergence mesotrione controlled broadleaf weeds by over 94.
- Treatment
- mesotrione postemergencee0
- Interactor
- broadleaf weedse0weed
- Outcome
- broadleaf weedse0
- Direction
- effectivee0
- Value
- >94e0
Zea maysNot reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Applications of mesotrione postemergence were very effective on broadleaf weeds (>94)”
t0“maize”
Title
Mesotrione a new herbicide for weed control in maize
T.K. James; A. Rahman; J. Hicking Proceedings of the New Zealand Weed Control Conference 2006. doi:10.30843/nzpp.2006.59.4403
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Intervention effect Preemergence mesotrione reduced broadleaf weed dry matter by more than 99.
- Intervention effect Preemergence mesotrione reduced grass weed dry matter by about 80.
- Intervention effect Mesotrione plus atrazine reduced grass and broadleaf weed dry matter by over 93.
- Intervention effect Mesotrione plus smetolachlor reduced weed dry matter by over 93.
- Intervention effect Mesotrione plus acetochlor reduced weed dry matter by over 93.
- Intervention effect Postemergence mesotrione controlled grass weeds by about 85.
- Intervention effect Several adjuvant combinations improved control of annual grass weeds.
- Observation Mesotrione caused no apparent maize crop damage.
- Intervention effect Maize grain yields did not significantly differ from standard treatments.
- Recommendation The authors recommend postemergence mesotrione rates of 7296 g/ha depending on soil type.