Herbicide Alternatives Research - Executive Office of Transportation

TABLE 4.33 TREATMENTS USED IN EXPERIMENT INVOLVING ALTERNATIVE HERBICIDES APPLIED IN DIFFERING
AMOUNTS, MECHANICAL TREATMENTS, AND CONVENTIONAL HERBICIDES IN FARM FIELD PLOTS ......................113
TABLE 4.34 EFFECTS OF CONVENTIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE HERBICIDES AND MECHANICAL TREATMENTS ON
CONTROL OF VEGETATION IN FIELD PLOTS..........................................................................................................114
TABLE 4.35 RESULTS OF TREATMENTS WITH VARIOUS ALTERNATIVE HERBICIDES AT THREE RATES OF APPLICATION
AND TREATMENTS OF MULCHES, BURNING, AND CONVENTIONAL HERBICIDES ...................................................116
TABLE 4.36 TREATMENTS USED IN REPEATED APPLICATIONS OF ALTERNATIVE HERBICIDES .....................................119
TABLE 4.37 EFFICACY OF ALTERNATIVE HERBICIDES AND BURNING OF VEGETATION AT ABOUT TWO WEEKS AND SIX
WEEKS AFTER ONE APPLICATION ........................................................................................................................120
TABLE 4.38 MASS OF SHOOTS OF WEEDS AND RATINGS OF EFFICACY OF TREATMENTS WITH REPEATED APPLICATIONS
OF ALTERNATIVE PRACTICES ..............................................................................................................................121
TABLE 4.39 MEAN EFFECTS OF HERBICIDE TREATMENTS (AVERAGED OVER THREE APPLICATIONS, TABLE 4.38) ......121
TABLE 4.40 MANAGEMENT OF ROADSIDE VEGETATION BY AQUACIDE STEAM APPLICATIONS APPLIED AT GUARDRAILS
ALONG INTERSTATE 91.......................................................................................................................................123
TABLE 4.41 RESULTS OF DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS OF STEAM BY AQUACIDE AND WAIPUNA IMPLEMENTS ..............127
TABLE 4.42 RESULTS OF TESTING OF AQUACIDE AND WAIPUNA IMPLEMENTS AS A FUNCTION OF DURATION OF
TREATMENT AND TIME AFTER APPLICATION .......................................................................................................131
TABLE 4.43 RESULTS OF TESTING OF AQUACIDE AND WAIPUNA IMPLEMENTS AS A FUNCTION OF DURATION OF
TREATMENTS EVALUATED OVER A 6-WEEK PERIOD (MEANS OBTAINED FROM DATA IN TABLE 4.42).................131
TABLE 4.44 RESULTS OF TESTING OF AQUACIDE AND WAIPUNA IMPLEMENTS AS A FUNCTION OF TIME AFTER
APPLICATION OF TREATMENTS (MEANS OBTAINED FROM DATA IN TABLE 4.42) ................................................132
TABLE 4.45 RESULTS OF HARVEST OF WEED MASS AT SIX WEEKS AFTER TREATMENT FROM PLOTS TREATED WITH
AQUACIDE AND WAIPUNA IMPLEMENTS.............................................................................................................132
TABLE 4.46 MANAGEMENT OF VEGETATION BY HOT-WATER OR BURNING TREATMENTS...........................................136
TABLE 4.47 MEAN RESULTS OF TREATMENTS AS A FUNCTION OF TIME AFTER APPLICATION OF TREATMENTS OF HOT
WATER OR BURNING ...........................................................................................................................................137
TABLE 4.48 RESULTS OF VARIOUS DURATIONS OF STEAM TREATMENT OF PLOTS WITH AQUACIDE AND WAIPUNA
IMPLEMENTS.......................................................................................................................................................137
TABLE 5.1 LIST OF PRODUCTS BY TRADE NAME, ACTIVE INGREDIENTS, EPA REGISTRATION STATUS, CHARACTERISTIC,
AND APPLICATION OF THE HERBICIDE .................................................................................................................143
TABLE 5.2 ESTIMATED COST AND AMOUNT OF MATERIALS TO TREAT VEGETATION UNDER GUARDRAILS ..................147
TABLE 5.3 ESTIMATED COSTS OF MATERIALS AND LABOR TO APPLY ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS ................................148
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