The following discussion is intended to describe the different types of adjuvants that are used with herbicides and explain their role in increasing herbicide efficacy. Utility modifiers which include ...

The mode-of-action is the overall manner in which a herbicide affects a plant at the tissue or cellular level. Herbicides with the same mode-of- action will have the same translocation (movement) ...

This course is designed primarily as a stand-alone course to give participants a good grounding in the principles of using herbicides to control weeds. People working in the herbicide industry within ...

When forage competition is weakened, or when intolerable weed species are present, herbicide applications are often needed to manage weeds. Control vs. Renovation Forage stands should be evaluated to ...

The last thing you want to do is to inadvertently threaten someone's health by using an unsafe herbicide. Doing nothing also ...

Known for its long emergence, rapid growth, prolific seed production and ability to develop resistance to herbicides, Palmer amaranth can be a farmer’s worst enemy. Until about a decade ago ...

This is a herbicide registered to control weeds in both agricultural and non-agricultural settings. Dacthal works by inhibiting auxin, a growth hormone in plants which promotes the development of ...

They generally spray virtually every acre with herbicides, says Hager, who was raised on a farm in Illinois. But these chemicals, which allow one plant species to live unbothered across ...

Cultural control is preventative but requires long-term planning. Examples of cultural means include: Selective herbicide Have a greater effect on certain plant species for example broad leaved weeds.

Photo / 123RF Greenpeace says it is unbelievable that New Zealand is continuing to use a herbicide that is now banned in both Australia and the United States. In August the United States took an ...

The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) on Thursday took the unusual decision to immediately ban all usage of a herbicide. Gregor Heard is ACM's national grains ...