Theses and Dissertations

Trae Foster

Issuing Body

Mississippi State University

Advisor

Reynolds, Daniel B.

Committee Member

Catchot, Angus L.

Committee Member

Kruger, Greg R.

Committee Member

Irby, J. Trenton

Date of Degree

8-11-2017

Document Type

Graduate Thesis - Open Access

Major

Weed Science

Degree Name

Master of Science (M.S.)

College

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Department

Department of Plant and Soil Sciences

Abstract

With the development of transgenic crops resistant to auxin herbicides will come an increase in the use of these herbicides for weed control. This new technology will greatly aid growers that have glyphosate-resistant weeds such as Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri S. Wats) in their fields. A challenge will be with farmers that choose not to use this new technology and have susceptible crops on their farm or adjoining farms. Auxin herbicides such as 2, 4-D and dicamba are well-documented as being very injurious to susceptible crops, even at low doses. It is for this reason that research is being conducted to compare the differences in the amount of particle drift with hooded boom sprayers compared to open boom sprayers. Along with this research, various droplet sizes will also be analyzed and compared between the two sprayers.

URI

https://hdl.handle.net/11668/19841

Comments

hooded sprayer||auxins||drift

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