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Effect of reduced rates of maleic hydrazide on sucker control and residues in regional Burley sucker control tests
(1) Virginia Tech, Southern Piedmont AREC, Blackstone, VA, U.S.A.; (2) University of Tennessee, U.S.A.; (3) University of North Carolina State, U.S.A.; (4) University of Kentucky, U.S.A.
Maleic hydrazide (MH) is widely used for sucker control in US Burley tobacco production. Tobacco manufacturers have expressed concern about MH residues in Burley and requested that producers reduce MM rates. Generally, it is assumed that reduced...