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20 December 2017 Air-propelled abrasive grit can damage the perennial weed quackgrass
Frank Forcella, Daniel Humburg, Samuel E. Wortman, Sharon A. Clay
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Abstract

New techniques are needed to control quackgrass in organic crops. With ≥2 applications of abrasive air-propelled (800 kPa) corncob grit to 15-cm-tall quackgrass tillers, regrowth was minimal at 5 wk after treatment. Abrasive grits may be effective tools to help manage perennial weeds in organic row crops.

Frank Forcella, Daniel Humburg, Samuel E. Wortman, and Sharon A. Clay "Air-propelled abrasive grit can damage the perennial weed quackgrass," Canadian Journal of Plant Science 98(4), 963-966, (20 December 2017). https://doi.org/10.1139/cjps-2017-0291
Received: 28 September 2017; Accepted: 27 November 2017; Published: 20 December 2017
KEYWORDS
air-propelled grit
corncob grit
Elytrigia repens
quackgrass
weed control
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