LEAFY SPURGE (EUPHORBIA-ESULA) CONTROL AND GRASS INJURY WITH SULFOMETURON

Leafy spurge control with four herbicides was evaluated at nine sites in six Great Plains states. Sulfometuron alone did not control leafy spurge satisfactorily 12 mo after treatment (MAT). Sulfometuron plus dicamba at 105 plus 2240 g ai ha-1, when spring- or fall-applied, averaged 26 and 89% control and 31 and 86% grass injury, respectively, 12 MAT. Sulfometuron plus picloram at 105 plus 560 g ai ha-1, when spring- or fall-applied, averaged 63 and 92% control and 19 and 89% grass injury, respectively, 12 MAT.