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 ...

Even though Onehunga weed is only a small annual weed, phenoxy herbicides such as MCPA, 2,4-D and mecoprop do not control this weed very well by themselves. By adding dicamba to any of these ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the final version of its Herbicide Strategy, which is intended to protect more than 900 federally endangered and threatened species from the ...

“A Bitter Fog” does for phenoxy herbicides what “Silent Spring” did for pesticides, and deserves to be just as widely read. Van Strum’s book not only made me furious with the chemical companies and ...

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 ...

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) ...

The rosette looks identical but the flowers are slightly smaller and don't nod over. Phenoxy herbicides are typically used to control nodding thistles selectively in pasture. If they are sprayed young ...

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 ...

But what you might not know is that the brand has been the target of claims that its gluten-free, chickpea-based product contains toxic levels of an herbicide called glyphosate. I know ...

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 classes most often associated with harm (in more than 70% of cases reviewed) are organophosphate, neonicotinoid, pyrethroid and carbamate insecticides; amide/anilide herbicides; and benzimidazole ...