Weed Spotlight: Palmer Amaranth May 15, 2024 - From Issue: 736 By: Emmanuel Cooper and Stephen Meyers Read More Common names: Palmer amaranth, Palmer pigweed, carelessweed, and dioecious amaranth. Latin name: Amaranthus palmeri. “Amaranthus” is derived from the Greek word “amarantus” meaning “everlasting flowers”. This is a reference to[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Spotlight Weed Management
Findings From Two Years of Organic Sweet Potato Weed Management Research May 2, 2024 - From Issue: 735 By: Emmanuel Cooper and Stephen Meyers Read More Background Sweet potato is a staple crop that provides nutritional benefits to humans globally, but weed interference (Figure 1) can reduce yields by 22 to 90%. Despite increased organic sweet[Read More…] Article Categories: Root, Tuber, and Bulb Crops Sweet Potato Article Tags: Weed Management
Weed Spotlight June 2, 2022 - From Issue: 705 By: Emmanuel Cooper and Stephen Meyers Read More 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
