Yellow foxtail

Yokum et al. (167) have studied the properties of a germination and growth inhibitor produced by Setaria glauca (yellow foxtail). The inhibitor was heat-stable, dialyzable, neutral, and nonnitrogenous. The authors suggested that it was a carbohydrate. 

Safflower 100 Bean 100 Alfalfa 75 Sugarbeet 100 Spinach 79 Black nightshade 23 Field bindweed 67 Annual bluegrass 40 Yellow foxtail 53 Canarygrass 29 Curly dock 20 Buckhorn plantain 46... 

Elimination or Inhibition of Enhanced Biodegradation by Herbicide Tank Mixtures. In one field trial, tank-mixes of atrazine with EPTC significantly increased green and yellow foxtail control at 60 DAT. In the green foxtail field, which had been treated with EPTC for 4 years, the application of EPTC provided little weed control. When EPTC was applied at 4.5 and 6.7 kg ai/ha tank-mixed with atrazine at 1.7 kg ai/ha, green foxtail control increased from 15 to 52% and from 22 to 94%, respectively. EPTC had only been applied once before to the yellow foxtail field. EPTC alone provided 68 to 72% control and tank-mixtures with atrazine provided 83 to 91% control, respectively (Table V). Atrazine tank-mixes appeared to be more beneficial In the field with the longer previous history of EPTC use. 

Butylate at 4.5 kg ai/ha provided unacceptable green and yellow foxtail control in both years. Atrazine alone also provided unacceptable control. The tank-mixture significantly increased foxtail control. Butylate recovery data suggest that the tank-mix including atrazine enhanced the persistence of butylate. The results were statistically significant only at 5 DAT in 1984. However, the recovery was numerically greater with the tank-mix at each evaluation date (Table VI). 

Herbicide Rate (kg/ha) Weed control Green Foxtail (%). 60 DAT Yellow Foxtail... 

Dichloro-4-hydroxyphenoxyacetic acid was the predominant product identified in several weed species as well as smaller quantities of 2-chloro-4-hydioxyphenoxyacetic acid in wild buckwheat, yellow foxtail and wild oats (Fleeker and Steen, 1971). 

Green, J. M., and Hale, T., Effect of Adjuvant Type on the Control of Yellow Foxtail (Setaria Glauca) with Nicosulfuron, Proceedings Weed Science Society of America, 43 58,2003. 

Hamburg and McCall have examined the factors affecting the rate of cuticle penetration of yellow foxtail [Setaria glauca (L.) Beauv.] by a series of aryloxyphenoxypropionate herbicides. They selected this family... 

Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke foxtail, yellow (pearl millet)... 

Some plants are allelopathic, which means they inhibit the growth of plants growing nearby. Their roots secrete substances that are toxic to a wide range of other plants. For example, a shallow-plowed cover crop of rye will inhibit the germination of small-seeded plants and weeds. Yellow and giant foxtail, nutsedge, quackgrass, sunflowers, and walnut trees all have allelopathic properties. Keep these rela-... 

Uses Postemergence herbicide used to control weeds such as chickweed, dogfennel, foxtail, kochia, nightshade and yellow mustard, in strawberries, beet crops and spinach. 

Foxtail millet is possibly one of the oldest grain crops. Its name is due to the characteristic panicle that resembles the tail of a fox. It is especially important in China, Japan, and India. Its cultivation in China dates to 3000 BC. On the other hand, Proso or common millet (P. miliaceum) appears to be even older. It originated in Manchuria, and first appeared as a crop in Transcaucasia and China around 5000 BC. It has been reportedly found in Neolithic sites in Georgia and East China. It is extensively cultivated in India, China, Russia, Ukraine, Middle East, Turkey, and Rumania. Proso is considered one of the most drought-resistant millets. It is documented that Proso continued to be used as bread grain in Europe until medieval times. The kernels are small (2-3 mm) and can be cream, yellow, orange-red, or brown in color. Kernels are usually traditionally milled into flours for preparation of a wide array of traditional foods. Today, Proso millet is also of economic importance in developed countries becanse of its use for birdseed (National Research Council 1996). 

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