Aqueous herbicide/surfactant compositions for basal or dormant stem brush control

An aqueous herbicidal composition is provided which is useful for controlling woody plants when applied to bark in basal and dormant stem regions of such plants. The composition is an aqueous solution or dispersion of a water-soluble herbicide such as a salt of glyphosate and a surfactant compositio...

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Hauptverfasser: FRANKLIN E. SEXTON, KENNETH E. COX, JAMES C. MEADOWS, DOMINGO C. RIEGO
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Zusammenfassung:An aqueous herbicidal composition is provided which is useful for controlling woody plants when applied to bark in basal and dormant stem regions of such plants. The composition is an aqueous solution or dispersion of a water-soluble herbicide such as a salt of glyphosate and a surfactant composition, which comprises one or more polyoxyalkylene trisiloxane surfactant(s) and one or more glycols or glycol ethers. Also provided is a method for controlling woody plants comprising applying to bark in basal or dormant stem regions of such plants an aqueous herbicidal composition of the invention.