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Uses of soybean oil in the application of herbicides
Author(s) -
Kapusta George
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02541760
Subject(s) - soybean oil , agronomy , weed control , nozzle , environmental science , biology , engineering , food science , mechanical engineering
Field studies were conducted in 1982 and 1983 at Southern Illinois University to evaluate soybean oil as a carrier for preemergence and postemergence herbicides and as an enhancing agent for postemergence herbicides. Preemergence and postemergence herbicides applied with rotary nozzles in a soybean oil carrier volume as low as 5 L/ha afforded weed control equal to that achieved when the herbicides were applied in 187 L/ha water with flat fan nozzles. Soybean oil as an enhancing agent for four postemergence soybean herbicides was equal to petroleum crop oil concentrate with three of the herbicides but distinctly less effective with the fourth herbicide.