Effect of Acifluorfen and Bentazon on Absorption and Translocation of Haloxyfop and DPX-Y6202 in Quackgrass (Agropyron repens)

Abstract

Translocation of14C-haloxyfop {2-[4-[[3-chloro-5-(trifluoromethyl)-2-pyridinyl] oxy] phenoxy] propanoic acid} in quackgrass [Agropyron repens(L.) Beauv. # AGRRE] from the treated area (the middle 2.5 cm of the second of three leaves) to the lower leaves was reduced in plants in which 0.56 kg/ha of acifluorfen {5-[2-chloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenoxy]-2-nitrobenzoic acid} or bentazon [3-1-methylethyl)-(1H)-2,1,3-benzothiadiazin-4(3H)-one-2,2-dioxide] was added in tank mixture to a 0.07 kg ai/ha application of haloxyfop. Reduced translocation did not occur when haloxyfop rates were increased to 0.28 and 1.1 kg/ha. Bentazon reduced absorption of14C-DPX-Y6202 {2-[4-[(6-chloro-2-quinoxalinyl)oxy] phenoxy] propionic acid} when applied in tank mixtures with 0.28 and 1.1 kg ai/ha DPX-Y6202. There was less14C-DPX-Y6202 in the leaf tips of plants treated with 0.07 kg/ha DPX-Y6202 plus 0.56 kg/ha acifluorfen in tank mixture. Relatively small amounts of both14C-haloxyfop and DPX-Y6202 accumulated in the rhizome and adjacent shoots and acifluorfen did not influence translocation to these plant parts. Considerably more14C-haloxyfop than14C-DPX-Y6202 was absorbed by quackgrass. Treatment of quackgrass with acifluorfen or bentazon 24 h prior to application of14C-haloxyfop or14C-DPX-Y6202 did not influence absorption or translocation.