February 2009 - Posts

Control Options for Palmer Pigweed

The topic of Palmer amaranth, or Palmer pigweed, control was recently brought up by a North Carolina caller in a Syngenta-sponsored episode of RFD-TV Live! A lack of control options coupled with an easily replenished weed seedbank, a fiercely competitive

Defeating Weeds in Corn

This corn field is infested with velvetleaf. If weeds, like velvetleaf, are not controlled when they are small they can lead to serious yield loss. Chris Boerboom, University of Wisconsin extension weed scientist, recently explored two interesting observations

Staggering Southern Weed Resistance

The gentleman in this photo with Palmer pigweed is at least six feet tall. At the Weed Science Society of America meeting last week in Florida, university researchers provided an update on the state of glyphosate weed resistance in the south. Southern

Multiple Resistance

Twenty-three counties in Southern Illinois are facing waterhemp found resistant to four modes of action-ALS-inhibitors, glyphosate, PPO-inhibitors and triazines. If resistance to a single mode of action can make weed management programs a challenge, resistance

Resistance Fighter hosts RFD-TV Live! with Syngenta on Feb. 9th and 23rd

Don't forget to tune into RFD-TV Live! this Monday, February 9 th from 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. EST as well as Monday, February 24 th , also from 8 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. EST, when Resistance Fighter TM and Syngenta will present two live, call-in shows about

The Cultural Approach

While there are chemistries and products that can be used to fight off resistance in your fields, other important resistance management tools to consider are cultural practices. Non-chemical weed control techniques are essential for a sustainable crop