Possibilities of Weed Control by Herbicides in Nursery Production of Pedunculate Oak Seedlings
Verica Vasić 1*, Nikolay Stoyanov 1, Leopold Poljaković-Pajnik 1, Branislav Kovačević 1, Zoran Galić 1
1 University of Novi Sad, Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment, Novi Sad, Serbia
2 National Forestry Board, Forest Seed Control Station, Sofia, Bulgaria
Corresponding author:
Verica Vasić, E-mail: vericav@uns.ac.rs
Abstract
This paper presents two-year results of weed control by the herbicides pendimetalin, prometrin, dimeten-amide and linuron in nursery production of oak seedlings. To widen the impact spectre on a greater number of weeds, herbicide combinations were applied instead of individual herbicides. The researched herbicides had a satisfactory efficacy on the present weeds. The variant dimetanamide-P + linuron, in both years of research, caused slower emergence of oak seedlings, as well as the retarded growth in the initial phases of development for about 5% to 10% compared to control plants. In the later observations, the symptoms of chlorosis disappeared and the plants developed without visible changes.
Keywords: oak, herbicides, weeds