
%0 Journal Article
%A Gill, GS 
%A Bowran, DG 
%T Tolerance of wheat cultivars to metribuzin and implications for the control of <I>Bromus diandrus</I> and <I>B. rigidus</I> in Western Australia
%J Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
%D 1990/06/01
%V 30
%N 3
%P 373-378
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/EA9900373
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/EA9900373 
%X Field experiments were carried out in Western Australia to investigate the response of 9 wheat cultivars to metribuzin and to evaluate its potential for the control of Bromus diandrus and B. rigidus in wheat. The wheat cultivars differed significantly in their response to metribuzin; a South Australian cultivar (Blade) was markedly more tolerant than all other cultivars investigated. Metribuzin alone (100-150 g/ha) or as a tank-mix with pendimethalin, incorporated by sowing, combined reliable brome grass control with good crop safety when used on Blade. Post-emergence application of metribuzin was generally less effective on brome grass and more phytotoxic to the crop than incorporation by sowing. This herbicide-cultivar package gives farmers an opportunity to selectively control brome grass in wheat. 
