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Illinois: Fall-Applied Herbicides – Which Weed Species Should be the Target? Oct 28, 2022
Herbicides applied in the fall often can provide improved control of many winter annual weed species compared with similar applications made in the spring. Marestail is one example of a […]
Illinois Wheat: Weed Management Considerations in Stubble Fields Jul 14, 2022
Wheat harvest marks the end of one cropping cycle and the beginning of a second. In parts of central and southern Illinois, farmers frequently opt to plant double-crop soybean following […]
Illinois Soybeans: Residual Herbicides Applied Postemergence Jun 3, 2022
Soil-residual herbicides are important components of integrated weed management programs. Reducing the number of weeds exposed to foliar-applied herbicides helps reduce the selection intensity for weeds resistant to foliar-applied herbicides. […]
Illinois Corn, Soybeans: Emerging Crops and Delayed PRE Herbicide Applications May 18, 2022
Soil-residual herbicides are important components of integrated weed management programs. Labels of many single and multiple active ingredient products allow application before and after crop emergence, but other active ingredients […]
Illinois: 1st Dicamba Resistant Waterhemp Reported Dec 3, 2021
University of Illinois weed scientists have confirmed resistance to the herbicide dicamba in a Champaign County waterhemp population. In the study, dicamba controlled 65% of the waterhemp in the field […]
Dicamba-Resistant Waterhemp Confirmed in Tennessee and Illinois – DTN Nov 11, 2021
Scientists in Tennessee and Illinois have confirmed dicamba-resistant waterhemp populations.
Illinois: Weed Science Field Research Tour, Champaign, June 23 Jun 8, 2021
The weed science program at the University of Illinois invites all weed management practitioners to our annual weed science field tour on Wednesday, June 23 at the Department of Crop […]
Corn Growth Stages and Postemergence Herbicides – Size IS Important May 20, 2021
The labels of most postemergence corn herbicides allow applications at various crop growth stages, but almost all product labels indicate a maximum growth stage beyond which broadcast applications should not […]
Illinois Soybeans: Dicamba – Additional State-Specific Restrictions Feb 26, 2021
The Illinois Department of Agriculture recently announced additional restrictions for dicamba applications to soybean. In addition to the requirements of the federally-approved labels, all use on soybean of pesticides containing […]
Variable Weather Makes Weeds Harder to Whack Feb 12, 2021
From flooded spring fields to summer hailstorms and drought, farmers are well aware the weather is changing. It often means spring planting can’t happen on time or has to happen […]
