Table 1 Reductions in dry weight of weeds commonly found in maize fields in China 21 d after isoxaflutole treatment (DAT) relative to a nontreated control in a greenhouse study.

From: Greenhouse and field evaluation of isoxaflutole for weed control in maize in China

Trial weeds

Common name

Dry weight reduction (SE)a

F-statistic

P-value

____________g ai ha−1___________

20

30

___________%____________

Setaria viridis (L.) Beauv.

Green foxtail

83 (0.9)

87 (0.2)**

51.19

0.002

Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) Beauv.

Barnyardgrass

81 (0.6)

83 (0.8) NS

4.14

0.112

Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn.

Goosegrass

89 (1.0)

96 (0.1)**

83.87

0.001

Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop.

Large crabgrass

80 (1.6)

87 (0.5)**

59.08

0.002

Cyperus rotundus L.

Purple nutsedge

46 (3.3)

56 (2.2)*

14.57

0.019

Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.

Canada thistle

59 (2.1)

63 (1.6) NS

3.33

0.142

Amaranthus retroflexus L.

Redroot pigweed

88 (1.6)

92 (0.8)*

9.12

0.039

Abutilon theophrasti Medik.

Velvetleaf

94 (0.4)

96 (0.5)*

11.21

0.029

Portulaca oleracea L.

Common purslane

97 (0.1)

98 (0.2)***

82.71

0.001

Solanum nigrum L.

Black nightshade

86 (0.9)

89 (1.6) NS

6.95

0.058

Eclipta prostrata (L.) L.

Eclipta

95 (0.1)

96 (0.5)*

12.91

0.023

Xanthium strumarium L.

Common cocklebur

94 (0.2)

96 (0.9)*

13.81

0.021

  1. aSignificant differences between the two PRE rates according to Fisher’s protected LSD test. *significant at P < 0.05; **significant at P < 0.01; ***significant at P < 0.001; NS, not significant.