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Evaluation of the effects of scorching caused by the directed application of a paraquat-containing herbicide mixture to the base of maize plants at various ages
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: P. E.L. Thomas --- ,The effect of herbicides which scorched the lower leaves of maize was compared in three seasons. The first season was relatively dry whilst the other two were wetter seasons. A mixture of cyanazine + atrazine + paraquat + a wetting... -
Desiccant herbicides tested for the preparation of fire-break tracer lines, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Keith Little --- School of Natural Resource Management, South Africa Jonathan Roberts --- School of Natural Resource Management, South AfricaOver the past 32 years, 75 599 ha of plantations within South Africa have been lost through fire. Fire prevention, in the form of firebreaks on landholding boundaries, are required (by law) by landowners from whose land a fire might... -
Pelargonic acid for the management of firebreak tracer-lines: results from four trials implemented in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Keith M Little --- Nelson Mandela University, South AfricaMost South African planted forests occur in high wildfire risk regions, with firebreaks used to minimise the risk of run-away fires. Desiccant herbicides together with burning are used for firebreak preparation in a stepwise manner. In late summer, 1–2 m...