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1 July 2012 Broadleaf Weed Control with Sulfonylurea Herbicides in Cool-Season Turfgrass
Jeffrey F. Derr
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Abstract

Broadleaf weeds are common and troublesome pests in cool-season turfgrass species such as tall fescue, Kentucky bluegrass, perennial ryegrass, and creeping bentgrass. Broadleaf weeds are primarily managed in these grasses through POST applications of growth regulator herbicides in the phenoxy, benzoic acid, and pyridine chemical classes. There are disadvantages to use of these chemicals, including nontarget plant damage and limited residual control. Certain annual broadleaf weeds can be controlled through application of isoxaben or a PRE crabgrass herbicide, but these herbicides do not control emerged broadleaf weeds. There are advantages to use of sulfonylurea herbicides, including PRE and POST control of annual and perennial weeds, a different mode of action, and these herbicides have low vapor pressure, reducing the potential for offsite movement. There are disadvantages to the use of sulfonylurea herbicides, including limited spectrum of broadleaf weed species controlled and limited tolerance in cool-season turfgrass species. The primary sulfonylurea herbicides used in cool-season turfgrass are chlorsulfuron, halosulfuron, metsulfuron, and sulfosulfuron. There have been specialized uses for primisulfuron and tribenuron-methyl.

Nomenclature: Chlorsulfuron; halosulfuron; metsulfuron; primisulfuron; sulfosulfuron; tribenuron-methyl; creeping bentgrass, Agrostis stolonifera L.; tall fescue, Festuca arundinacea Schreb.; perennial ryegrass, Lolium perenne L.; Kentucky bluegrass, Poa pratensis L.

Weed Science Society of America
Jeffrey F. Derr "Broadleaf Weed Control with Sulfonylurea Herbicides in Cool-Season Turfgrass," Weed Technology 26(3), 582-586, (1 July 2012). https://doi.org/10.1614/WT-D-11-00166.1
Received: 15 November 2011; Accepted: 1 February 2012; Published: 1 July 2012
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