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Title: Residual herbicide study on selected Hanford Site roadsides

Abstract

Westinghouse Hanford Company routinely treats roadsides with herbicides to control undesirable plant growth. An experiment was conducted to test perennial grass germination in soils adjacent to roadways of the Hanford Site. The primary variable was the distance from the roadside. A simple germination test was executed in a controlled-environment chamber to determine the residual effects of these applications. As expected, the greatest herbicide activity was found directly adjacent to the roadway, approximately 0 to 20 ft (0 to 6.3 m) from the roadway.

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Research Org.:
Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
10116257
Report Number(s):
WHC-MR-0426
ON: DE94005511; BR: 35AF11201/35AF11202
DOE Contract Number:
AC06-87RL10930
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Aug 1993
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; GRAMINEAE; HERBICIDES; HANFORD RESERVATION; STATISTICAL DATA; 540250; 540210; SITE RESOURCE AND USE STUDIES; BASIC STUDIES

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Smith, J.L., Kemp, C.J., and Sackschewsky, M.R. Residual herbicide study on selected Hanford Site roadsides. United States: N. p., 1993. Web. doi:10.2172/10116257.
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Smith, J.L., Kemp, C.J., & Sackschewsky, M.R. Residual herbicide study on selected Hanford Site roadsides. United States. doi:10.2172/10116257.
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Smith, J.L., Kemp, C.J., and Sackschewsky, M.R. Sun . "Residual herbicide study on selected Hanford Site roadsides". United States. doi:10.2172/10116257. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10116257.
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title = {Residual herbicide study on selected Hanford Site roadsides},
author = {Smith, J.L. and Kemp, C.J. and Sackschewsky, M.R.},
abstractNote = {Westinghouse Hanford Company routinely treats roadsides with herbicides to control undesirable plant growth. An experiment was conducted to test perennial grass germination in soils adjacent to roadways of the Hanford Site. The primary variable was the distance from the roadside. A simple germination test was executed in a controlled-environment chamber to determine the residual effects of these applications. As expected, the greatest herbicide activity was found directly adjacent to the roadway, approximately 0 to 20 ft (0 to 6.3 m) from the roadway.},
doi = {10.2172/10116257},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993},
month = {Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993}
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