Revista Brasileira De Herbicidas 2005; 4(1): 25-38

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RAINFALL EFFECTS ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE DIFFERENT GLYPHOSATE FORMULATIONS IN CONTROLLING Bidens pilosa

DOI: 10.7824/rbh.v4i1.8

This study aimed at evaluating the effects from increasing doses of different glyphosate salts – ammonium (Roundup WG), isopropylamine (Roundup Transorb) and potassic salt (Zapp Qi) – on Bidens pilosa plants under controlled conditions, when they were subjected to a 20-mm rainfall over 30 minutes, at intervals of 1, 2, 4, 6, 12 and 24 hours after application of these products. The efficiency of the glyphosate salts in controlling B. pilosa were affected when the rainfall occurred after their application. The reduction in control was higher as the interval without rainfall after these product applications was diminished. The visual control of B. pilosa was similar from 7 to 28 days after application (DAA) for all these products, and it did not differ as to reduction of the accumulated dry matter in relation to the control without herbicide. The herbicide doses differed in controlling this species, and the most efficient control was obtained with the highest doses. The isopropylamine salt showed a better control upon this species at the shorter intervals without rainfall after its application. (1 and 2 hours), showing to be superior to the other salts. In those intervals without rainfall and longer than two hours, however, the ammonium salt was superior as to the visual control of this species. The potassic salt provided a lower control than the other salts over the periods without rainfall shorter than 12 hours, but showed to be superior to the isopropylamine salt at those intervals without rainfall and longer than 12 hours. Although presenting an excellent control upon the species in visual evaluations, the ammonium salt provided a lower reduction in dry matter than the other salts. The isopropylamine salt provided a higher reduction in dry matter of B. pilosa than the other treatments.