Review of the use of maleic hydrazide for potato volunteer control (2006)

The literature review was commissioned to critically assess the knowledge on the use, and need for, maleic hydrazide (MH) in integrated approaches to potato volunteer control.

It includes sections on

• reasons for using MH in potato production systems
• the patterns of MH use in potatoes at the time
• the approval status of MH at the time
• available experimental data and anecdotal evidence on the effectiveness of volunteer control
• residues data
• the alternatives to MH in rotational volunteer control available at the time