Claim · model-written summary
Early 2,4-D application tended to lower root yield.
- Taxon
- Sugarbeet
Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgarist0 - Organ / stage
- early growth stagese0
- Treatment
- 2,4-De0
- Outcome
- root yielde0
- Direction
- decreasee0
- Qualifier
- tended toe0
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“When applied at early growth stages 2,4-D tended to decrease root yield but decreased purity and extractable sucrose content by as much as 54% when applied at later growth stages.”
t0“Sugarbeet”
Title
Sugarbeet (Beta vulgarisL.) Response to Simulated Herbicide Spray Drift
Galen L. Schroeder; Darrell F. Cole; Alan G. Dexter Weed Science 1983. doi:10.1017/s004317450007082x
Other claims from this paper (12)
- Intervention effect Late 2,4-D application reduced purity by as much as 54%.
- Intervention effect Late 2,4-D application reduced extractable sucrose content by as much as 54%.
- Intervention effect Dicamba reduced extractable sucrose per hectare.
- Intervention effect 2,4-D reduced extractable sucrose per hectare.
- Intervention effect Dicamba tended to reduce harvest root yield.
- Intervention effect 2,4-D tended to reduce harvest root yield.
- Intervention effect Picloram did not significantly reduce harvest root yield relative to control.
- Intervention effect Picloram did not significantly reduce harvest sucrose content relative to control.
- Intervention effect All tested 2,4-D rates increased sucrose losses in storage.
- Intervention effect Dicamba caused comparable storage losses.
- Intervention effect Picloram caused comparable storage losses.
- Recommendation The authors recommend immediate processing after inadvertent herbicide drift exposure.