Plant scientists report on chemical quackgrass killer

✍ Scribed by R.H.O.

• Book ID: 103078026
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1948
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 77 KB
• Volume: 245
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0016-0032
• DOI: 10.1016/0016-0032(48)90704-2

✦ Synopsis

Plant Scientists Report on Chemical Quackgrass Killer.--Steady progress in the field of chemical weed eradication, according to plant scientists of the U. S. Department of AgriCulture, promises ultimate control of many of the farmer's worst field pests. Latest advances have to do with the possibility of control of grassy weeds--such as quackgrass. The weed grasses are not controlled by the now well-known 2, 4-D.

Recently claims have been made for the effectiveness of IPC (isopropyl-Nphenyl carbamate) as a quackgrass killer. British scientists during the war found this substance, which is in the class of hormone-like chemicals or plant-