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Studies on Herbicidal Absorption and Translocation in Velvet Mesquite Seedlings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Herbert M. Hull
Herbert M. Hull*
Affiliation:
Field Crops Research Branch, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Box 951, Tucson, Arizona
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The mesquite tree (Prosopis spp.) has been invading southwestern ranges to an alarming degree during the last half century, and has become a serious competitor for available moisture and light with perennial grass—the principal forage of livestock in this area. Its distribution in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas has been estimated at over 70 million acres. Of the three varieties of mesquite found in these States, velvet mesquite (P. juliflora var. velutina (Woot.) Sarg.) is essentially limited to Arizona, and is the most common variety found therein.

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Research Article
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Weeds , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , January 1956 , pp. 22 - 42
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Copyright © 1956 Weed Science Society of America 

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