A word of caution to rice growers: the herbicide fluridone has become a valuable tool in fighting Palmer pigweed, but it can cause injury to some rice cultivars, depending on when it is used.

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Diflufenican: New AI for Corn and Soybean Growers Targets Pigweed, Waterhemp The molecule will give farmers a new tool in the ongoing battle to control these two broadleaf weeds, especially those ...

Control Strategies for Group 2 Herbicide Resistant Pigweed in Lima Beans. AVOID ALS-RESISTANT PIGWEED WITH CAREFUL FIELD SELECTION. If possible, do not plant lima beans in fields known to be infested ...

Pigweed, also known as Palmer Amaranth, is a pesky pain to passels of farmers. But that weed and others are just part of the game to Dale Strickler, agronomist for Green Cover Seed, of Bladen ...

Pigweed: A Genetically ... It's ability to rapidly grow, our inability to control it economically and effectively, it's ability to produce a bunch of seed. It is a genetically diverse monster.

Pigweed patrols are a devil-I-know farming practice. A driver weed with no equals, Palmer amaranth has changed the chemical game and forced producers into the rows to chase down escapes. Hand ...

Pigweed found in Mississippi and Tennessee has recently proven to be resistant to a different group of herbicides, further limiting control options for this weed.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: There's a weed in Arkansas that can put a farmer out of business. It's called pigweed. You get one plant in your field, and that one plant can produce more than a million seeds.

Fluridone widens Palmer pigweed control options for rice growers, but stick to the label Two-year study offers insight on rice cultivar tolerance to newly registered herbicide ...