-E. Taylor
We have just posted the 2013 Weed Control Guide for Field Crops (E-434)…enjoy!
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2013 Weed Control Guide for Field Crops
Tuesday, February 19th, 2013MSU 2013 WSSA posters available
Thursday, February 7th, 2013-E. Taylor-Hill
We just returned from Baltimore, MD (home of the 2013 Superbowl Champions) where we attended the 2013 Weed Science Society of America annual meeting. It was a great opportunity to look at weed related research from around the nation and beyond and to take a look at how the rise in herbicide resistant weeds seems to be impacting agriculture across the U.S. (look for a future blog on that).
Now that we are back I posted the 3 posters that we presented. Our topics included…
- Influence of soil amendments on seed mortality of herbicide resistant Palmer amaranth
- Volunteer glyphosate resistant (RR) corn control in RR sugarbeets
- Cover crop influence on weed pressure in organic dry beans
Visit the Presented Research section to view the posters.
Herbicide Carryover for Rye?
Tuesday, November 27th, 2012-E. Taylor
The weather in Michigan has grown cold and so our research program has moved indoors. Today we kicked off our first big greenhouse project of 2012 looking at how corn herbicides could impact the following rye cover crop. Field-collected soils from select corn herbicide treatments are used to evaluate rye emergence, injury, and biomass accumulation. These treatments are compared to greenhouse treated herbicide dilution series consisting of the same herbicides at rates ranging from 1/2x to 1/32x. Stay tuned for results from this study supported by Project GREEEN.
The greenhouse requires herbicide mixes of only 30 ml total instead of our typical 1-2 gallons in the field.
Rating windgrass control in wheat (Minden City, MI)
Thursday, May 10th, 2012-E. Taylor
Yesterday I headed up to Minden City, MI with Christy Sprague and our newest master’s student, Amanda Harden. We were there to rate an on-farm research plot, looking at windgrass control in wheat using fall and spring applied herbicides. Windgrass is a winter annual weed, meaning it germinates in the fall, overwinters, and produces seed in the spring, putting it in direct competition with wheat. Windgrass could be confused with annual bluegrass, another winter annual, however the membranous ligule of windgrass is more jagged at the top, whereas the ligule of annual bluegrass is smooth. Additionally, the sheath of windgrass is rounded, whereas the sheath of annual bluegrass is more flattened. Look for the results this windgrass control study during the winter extension meetings and on MSUweeds.com.
Rating the 20 different weed control treatments
Collecting annual bluegrass (left) and windgrass (right) for photographing back on campus
Sheath profile of windgrass (left) and annual bluegrass (right)
Palmer amaranth in MI- 2 updated extension publications
Friday, March 2nd, 2012-E. Taylor
Glyphosate-resistant palmer amaranth is still a very new weed to Michigan. We have updated two extension publications regarding the identification (MSUWS01-2012) and confirmation and management (MSUWS02-2012) based on our ongoing research program to combat the spread of this prolific weed. You can view and print these publications by following the above links or in their permanent home in the Extension Publications section of MSUweeds.com.