THE UTILIZATION OF PLANT GROWTH CONTROL SUBSTANCE IN THE MAINTENANCE OF HIGHWAY RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND HIGHWAY FACILITIES

THIS IS THE FINAL REPORT OF AN EIGHT-YEAR RESEARCH PROGRAM ON THE USE OF HERBICIDES FOR THE SELECTIVE ELIMINATION OR CONTROL OF VEGETATION ALONG NORTH CAROLINAS ROADSIDES. IT IS A PRESENTATION OF A REGIONAL STATE-OF-THE-ART PERTINENT TO THE USE OF CHEMICALS ON VEGETATION ALONG HIGHWAY RIGHTS- OF-WAY. THIS FINAL DOCUMENT INCLUDES RELEVANT INFORMATION DEVELOPED SINCE THE START OF THE STUDY IN 1959. THE THREE PRINCIPLE CONCEPTS DEVELOPED IN THIS COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM ARE /1/ THE ELIMINATION OF WOODY PLANTS, INCLUDING DIFFICULT-TO-KILL SPECIES BY FOLIAR, BASAL, AND DORMANT STEM APPLICATIONS, /2/ EFFECTIVE USES OF SOIL-STERILANT CHEMICALS WITH AN EVALUATION OF LEACHING AND LATERAL MOVEMENT, AND /3/ THE EVALUATION OF GROWTH RETARDANT CHEMICALS, INCLUDING CONTROL OF HERBACEOUS WEEDS THAT AFFECT APPEARANCE AND MOWING OPERATIONS. DIRECTIONS FOR THE USE OF HERBICIDES IN HIGHWAY OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED IN A MANUAL OF MAINTENANCE PRACTICES ALONG NORTH CAROLINAS HIGHWAY SYSTEM. THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO APPLICABLE TO OTHER STATES FOR SIMILAR VEGETATION CONTROL NEEDS. /BPR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Hpr, Erd-110-R
• Corporate Authors:

  Bureau of Public Roads /US

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Coble, H D
  • Harvey, P H
  • Satman, F L
• Publication Date: 1967-2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Chemicals; Control; Herbicides; Highway maintenance; Plants; State of the art studies; Urban growth; Utilization; Vegetation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Right of way
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00218011
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bureau of Public Roads /US
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 15 1994 12:00AM