Spray retention for liquid and mycoherbicide inoculum in three weed-biocontrol systems

Spray retention is often used to measure herbicide delivery to optimize application parameters, but little is known about retention characteristics of mycoherbicide inoculum applied for weed biocontrol. This study examined inoculum retention of three mycoherbicide agents, Pyricularia setariae, Colle...

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Published in:Biocontrol science and technology 2006-09, Vol.16 (7-8), p.815-8i23
Main Authors: Byer, K.N, Peng, G, Wolf, T.M, Caldwell, B.C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
application technology
Biological control
carrier volume
Colletotrichum truncatum
conidia
droplet size
inoculum
liquids
mycoherbicides
pesticide application
spraying
weed control
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Summary:Spray retention is often used to measure herbicide delivery to optimize application parameters, but little is known about retention characteristics of mycoherbicide inoculum applied for weed biocontrol. This study examined inoculum retention of three mycoherbicide agents, Pyricularia setariae, Colletotrichum truncatum and C. gloeosporioides f. sp. malvae, on their respective weed targets: green foxtail, scentless chamomile and round-leaved mallow. Conidium suspensions of these fungal pathogens containing a sodium-fluorescein tracer dye were applied at 500, 1000 and 2000 L ha-1 using a cabinet sprayer, and the liquid volume and number of conidia retained on the plants were quantified. On all three weed species, liquid and conidium retention showed a high degree of correlation at varying application volumes although slight differences existed depending on the weed species. Based on the analysis of regression slopes, liquid retention reflected conidium retention most closely on green foxtail but slightly overestimated the number on scentless chamomile and round-leaved mallow, possibly due to different plant morphology and spray run-off at extremely high application volumes. Liquid retention can generally be used as an indicator in studying effects of spray quality on mycoherbicide retention for improved delivery and biocontrol in these weed-biocontrol systems.
ISSN:0958-3157
1360-0478
DOI:10.1080/09583150600700123