Weed Management

Vegetable Crops Hotline A newsletter for commercial vegetable growers prepared by the Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service

Weed Management

New Questionnaire to Identify Grower Interest in Novel Weed Management Technology

September 15, 2022 - From Issue: 712

This questionnaire is part of a USDA Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI)-funded proposal (DEVELOPING A NATIONAL TEAM TO OPTIMIZE NON-HERBICIDE WEED MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES IN COLE AND LEAFY GREEN CROPS) to [Read More…]

Article Categories:

Article Tags:

Cover Crop Demonstration Plots Show Weed Suppression Potential

August 12, 2022 - From Issue: 710

By: Stephen Meyers

Attendees at a July field day at the Meigs Horticulture Research Farm in Lafayette, Indiana saw first-hand the potential of cover crops to suppress weeds in a SARE-funded demonstration plot.[Read More…]

Article Categories:

Vegetable Crops – General

Article Tags:

Going Rogue

July 28, 2022 - From Issue: 709

By: Stephen Meyers

Try as we might, it seems that no weed management program controls 100% of the weeds in a field. Inadequate or excessive rainfall can limit the success of preemergence herbicides.[Read More…]

Article Categories:

Vegetable Crops – General

Article Tags:

Weed Management

Keeping an Eye on Grass Herbicide PHI (Pre-Harvest Interval)

June 15, 2022 - From Issue: 706

By: Stephen Meyers

Grass-selective herbicides are valuable to weed management in broadleaf vegetable crops. As harvest season draws closer, it is important to note that not all grass herbicides have the same pre-harvest [Read More…]

Article Categories:

Vegetable Crops – General

Article Tags:

Weed Management

Weed Spotlight

June 2, 2022 - From Issue: 705

By: Emmanuel Cooper and Stephen Meyers

Velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti) – Mallow Family Synonyms: pie marker, buttonweed, Indian mallow, butter print, velvet weed, butter-weed, Indian hemp, cotton-weed, and wild cotton. Identification and General Description Summer annual that [Read More…]

Article Categories:

Vegetable Crops – General

Article Tags:

Weed Management

Reflex Herbicide Now Registered for Use in Select Indiana Vegetables

April 6, 2022 - From Issue: 701

By: Stephen Meyers and Jeanine Arana

As of March 29, 2022, Reflex herbicide is registered for use on select vegetables in the state of Indiana through an indemnified 24(c) special local needs label. Below we discuss [Read More…]

Article Categories:

Vegetable Crops – General

Article Tags:

Weed Management

EZ (liquid) Formulations Set to Replace Granular Valor SX and Chateau SW

March 15, 2022 - From Issue: 700

By: Stephen Meyers

If you use the herbicides Valor® or Chateau®, you may notice a change with your next jug. Valent U.S.A. Corporation is phasing out production of Valor SX® and Chateau SW®,[Read More…]

Article Categories:

Vegetable Crops – General

Article Tags:

Weed Management

Grower Survey to Assess Herbicide Drift Damage in the North Central U.S.

February 24, 2021 - From Issue: 685

By: Cassandra Brown, Doug Doohan, Stephen Meyers and Bill Johnson

A special project group of the North Central Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Center wants to learn about your concerns and experiences with herbicide drift. The group is surveying growers of [Read More…]

Article Categories:

Vegetable Crops – General

Article Tags:

Weed Management

Tough® 5EC Herbicide Now Registered in Indiana with a Section 3 Label

February 16, 2021 - From Issue: 684

By: Stephen Meyers

Pyridate herbicide was once a cornerstone of broadleaf weed control in mint before its market withdrawal. Recently the use of pyridate (Tough® 5EC) was limited to emergency exemption use, also [Read More…]

Article Categories:

mint

Article Tags:

Weed Management

Post-harvest Weed Management

October 19, 2020 - From Issue: 683

By: Jeanine Arana, Brandi Woolam and Stephen Meyers

The vegetable crops have all been harvested and it’s time to just relax, right? Maybe. However, the decisions you make this fall will influence your weed control next spring. In [Read More…]

Article Categories:

Vegetable Crops – General

Article Tags:

Weed Management

Weed Management

New Questionnaire to Identify Grower Interest in Novel Weed Management Technology

Cover Crop Demonstration Plots Show Weed Suppression Potential

Going Rogue

Keeping an Eye on Grass Herbicide PHI (Pre-Harvest Interval)

Weed Spotlight

Reflex Herbicide Now Registered for Use in Select Indiana Vegetables

EZ (liquid) Formulations Set to Replace Granular Valor SX and Chateau SW

Grower Survey to Assess Herbicide Drift Damage in the North Central U.S.

Tough® 5EC Herbicide Now Registered in Indiana with a Section 3 Label

Post-harvest Weed Management

PRIMARY
PRIMARY

College of Ag Sites
College of Ag Sites

Related Sites
Related Sites

Weed Management

PRIMARY PRIMARY

College of Ag Sites College of Ag Sites

Related Sites Related Sites

PRIMARY
PRIMARY

College of Ag Sites
College of Ag Sites

Related Sites
Related Sites