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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1 Control of 3- to 4-inch Palmer amaranth in 2020 Corteva Agriscience trials with Enlist One® herbicide at 32 fl oz/A, Liberty® herbicide at 32 fl. oz/A., glyphosate DMA at 29 fl. oz/A. and AMS ...

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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 ...

Joe Ikley, North Dakota State University Extension weed specialist, conducted trials in edible fields near Fargo, North Dakota, and in Barnes County, North Dakota, on herbicide resistant pigweed.

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.

In recent years pigweed has developed resistance to products that in the past had kept it in check. Some pigweed plants basically were immune to the chemicals previously used to control it.

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 ...