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Acrolein (2-Propenal): A Potential Alternative to Methyl Bromide 

Belcher, Jason (2008-08-15)
Vegetable producers face a variety of pest species that can negatively impact the performance of their crops. Nematodes, plant diseases, and several weed species, notably nutsedges (Cyperus spp.), are common problems in ...

Developing Alternatives to Methyl Bromide: A Focus on Acrolein (2-Propenal) 

Simmons, Lee (2008-05-15)
Methyl bromide, a soil fumigant with biocidal action, is used in agriculture to control weeds, fungi, bacteria, nematodes, and arthropods. Due to methyl bromide’s active role in atmospheric ozone depletion, its usage will ...

Evaluation of EPTC as a Preplant Soil Treatment in Warm-Season Sod Production 

Li, Xiao (2011-04-21)
Field research was conducted at Auburn University Turfgrass Research Unit (AUTRU) Auburn AL, during 2008 to 2010 and Gulf Coast Research and Extension Center (GCREC) Fairhope AL in 2009, to evaluate EPTC as a preplant soil ...

Evaluation of Water-use in Turfgrass 

Githinji, Leonard (2007-12-15)
This dissertation examined the response of four hybrid bluegrasses [Texas bluegrass (Poa arachnifera Torr.) × Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.)], HB 129 (‘Thermal Blue’), HB 130, HB 328 and HB 329 (‘Dura Blue’) and two ...

Granular Forms of Sodium and Potassium Azide as a Nematicide for Established Turfgrasses 

Wells, Sheryl (2009-05-04)
There is a need for more user-friendly chemical tools for management of plant parasitic nematodes in both cool-and warm-season turfgrasses. SEP-100 is a stabilized liquid formulation of sodium azide and was extensively ...

Tufted Lovegrass (Eragrostis pectinacea) and Doveweed (Murdannia nudiflora) Control in Warm-Season Turfgrasses. 

Huckabay, George (2008-08-15)
Tufted lovegrass has been identified as a problem weed in sod production in Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Georgia and Alabama, particularly in zoysiagrass. The slow growth rate of zoysiagrass is suspected to be a ...