Barban-Aqueous Nitrogen Combinations for Wild Oat(Avena fatua)Control

Abstract

Wild oat(Avena fatuaL.) control and wheat(Triticum aestivumL.) injury with barban (4-chloro-2-butynylm-chlorocarbanilate)-aqueous nitrogen combinations were evaluated in the field and greenhouse. The addition of aqueous nitrogen at volumes as low as 5 L/ha increased wild oat control with barban. The greatest increase in wild oat control with barban-aqueous nitrogen combinations was obtained on soil low in nitrogen. Wild oat control with barban-aqueous nitrogen combinations was not influenced by spray volume or nitrogen source. Aqueous nitrogen applications several days prior to barban were more effective than when the two were applied together. Wheat was generally quite tolerant of barban-aqueous nitrogen combinations; however, some injury was observed in 1974.