applied or occurring after the emergence of a seedling
postemergence in American English
(ˌpoustɪˈmɜːrdʒəns)
adjective
occurring or applied after emergence of a plant from the soil and before full growth
postemergence frost
Word origin
[1935–40; post- + emergence]This word is first recorded in the period 1935–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Rhodesian ridgeback, bingo, complementation, gangbuster, unit trustpost- is a prefix, meaning “behind,” “after,” “later,” “subsequent to,” “posterior to,”occurring originally in loanwords from Latin (postscript), but now used freely in the formation of compound words (post-Elizabethan; postfix; postgraduate; postorbital)
Examples of 'postemergence' in a sentence
postemergence
Application of postemergence herbicides at 4-leaf stage provided 85-100% control in both populations.
Jhoana L Opeña, Bhagirath S Chauhan, Aurora M Baltazar 2014, 'Seed germination ecology of Echinochloa glabrescens and its implication for managementin rice (Oryza sativa L.).', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3958481?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Soybean growth was affected by postemergence application of glyphosate, decreasing plant dry matter.
J.B. Santos, E.A. Santos, C.M.T. Fialho, A.A. Silva, M.A.M. Freitas 2007, 'Época de dessecação anterior à semeadura sobre o desenvolvimento da aoja resistenteao glyphosate Influence of desiccation time before sowing on the development of soybeanresistant to glyphosate', Planta Daninhahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-83582007000400024. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The preemergence treatments were hoed at 36 days after planting and the postemergence treatments at 54 days.
R. Victoria Filho, J.B. Carvalho 1981, 'Controle de plantas daninhas na cultura do arroz de sequeiro (Oryza sativa L.) Weedcontrol in upland rice (Oryza sativa L.)', Planta Daninhahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-83581981000100003. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)