Try togetherness: Study promotes cooperative weed management to curb herbicide resistance

(University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences) In the fight against herbicide resistance, farmers are working with a shrinking toolkit. Waterhemp, a weedy nemesis of corn and soybean farmers, has developed resistance to multiple herbicide modes of action, often in the same plant. Even farmers using the latest recommendations for tank mixtures are fighting an uphill battle, with long-distance movement of pollen and seeds bringing the potential for new types of resistance into their fields each year.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news