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An Inexpensive Controlled—Environment Chamber for Herbicide Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Charles L. Leinweber  and
Wayne G. McCully
Charles L. Leinweber
Affiliation:
Department of Range and Forestry, A & M College of Texas Department of Plant Physiology and Pathology, A & M College of Texas
Wayne G. McCully
Affiliation:
Department of Range and Forestry, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
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Extract

Brush species treated under field conditions have exhibited a variable response to growth-regulator type herbicides which cannot be explained by previous research findings. Light and temperature are known to influence the response of plants to these materials. Field observations have indicated that environmental factors such as relative humidity and soil moisture may also control to some degree the reaction of plants to herbicides. This chamber is being used to subject seedlings and small plants to controlled conditions of environment for evaluating the hypotheses suggested by field observations.

Type
Research Article
Information
Weeds , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , April 1954 , pp. 143 - 145
Copyright
Copyright © 1954 Weed Science Society of America 

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