The control of weeds in tea by herbicides in Mauritius
Code (CO)MSI99P0801
Author (AU)Rochecouste, E.
Pilot, J.
Title - French (FT)Le désherbage chimique du thé à l'Ile Maurice
Title - English (ET)The control of weeds in tea by herbicides in Mauritius
Document Type(DT)Periodical article
Date of publication (DP)1966
Series (SE)Weed Res.
Source (SO)6: 50-57
Language of text (LT)En
Language of summaries (LS)En
Fr
Ge
Abstract (AB)Weed control experiments carried out in tea plantations showed that diuron at doses 2.4, 3.2 and 4.8 lb/ac a.i. resulted in better and more persistent weed control than simazine. Shoot absorption experiments carried out on three tea jats, dark, medium and light, showed that the tea jats differed in their tolerance to both diuron and simazine, the light one being the most susceptible. A difference in the expression of phytotoxic effects between leaf and root absorption was observed for diuron only. At equivalent doses, 2-year-old plants were in general more susceptible to diuron than to simazine. Diuron and simazine used alone at 2.4, 3.2 and 4.8 lb/ac a.i. or with addition of sodium chlorate at 6 lb/ac to improve the kill of emerged weeds, did not affect yield of either pruned or unpruned 6-year-old tea. Dalapon, on the other hand, at 6 lb/ac significantly reduced the yield of unpruned tea but not of pruned tea.
Descriptors - English (DE)HERBICIDES
WEED CONTROL
TEA
WEEDS
Descriptors - Geographic (DG)MAURITIUS
Sort Key 1(K1)Tea: Weeds, weed control and management
Date record entered (DA)1992-03-18
Language of analysis (LA)En
Affiliation (AF)Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute; Bois Chéri Tea Estate
Location (LO)LIB
Processing status (PS)CAT
MSIRI Staff (MS)COWA