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A NUMBER of reports have appeared in the literature to the effect that preharvest application of maleic hydrazide to the foliage of plants like potatoes1,2,4, carrots3, onions3,4,6, and sugar beets4,5 inhibited subsequent sprouting during storage or in the field. With this information at hand a preliminary study was carried out in order to test the possibilities of using maleic hydrazide in the control of the bulbous weed Oxalis pes-caprae, which has proved resistant to herbicides of the 2,4-dichlorophenoxyaeetic acid type.
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MARINOS, N. Maleic Hydrazide in the Control of the Bulbous Weed Oxalis pes-caprae . Nature 181, 1143 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1811143a0
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