Re: CULT: Round-Up
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- Subject: Re: CULT: Round-Up
- From: b*@comp.uark.edu (Robert E. Stassen)
- Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 14:31:03 -0600 (MDT)
After reading Dana's post I was wondering what revenge was taken against the
"knowledgeable" irisarians who would even recommend testing of such a risky
manuever (overspraying with Round-up).
On timing--I doubt there is any "best" time to ever try this, irrespective
of translocation direction. The fact is that meristematic tissue is not in
the rhizome, but at the base of the fan, and whatever selectivity you'd see
is due to the number of "layers" of leaf tissue protecting this growing point.
Round-up "drift" will be non-selective, but one herbicide known to cause
"whitening" was Clomazone (FMC's "Command"). The best website for
information on herbicides is at the University of Nebraska. Here is the
site for a their PDF bulletin:
http://www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/fieldcrops/ec130.htm
