Fluridone widens Palmer pigweed control options for rice growers, but stick to the label, Arkansas research indicates.

Learn how proactive management strategies can protect your crops from Palmer amaranth competition this season.

Until about a decade ago, Palmer amaranth was relatively unheard of in the Midwest. Since then, this pigweed has made a name for itself as one of the most competitive weeds in corn, soybean and ...

A word of caution to rice growers: the herbicide fluridone has become a valuable tool in fighting Palmer pigweed, but it can cause injury to some rice cultivars, depending on when it is used.

redroot pigweed, and Palmer amaranth. Why should you care about these weeds? Well, pigweed grows quickly, spreads like ...

It’s been less than two years since University of Idaho Extension weed scientist Albert Adjesiwor’s fears were realized and a pair of problematic pigweeds — Palmer amaranth and waterhemp ...

Palmer amaranth is a pigweed plant. It is different than the indigenous redroot pigweed and waterhemp that has moved in in the last ten years. Tom Peters, an associate professor at North Dakota ...

Palmer amaranth has smooth stems, long leafstalks, long, thin seedheads, and it tends to grow much taller than other common “weedy” pigweeds. Palmer amaranth is dioecious, meaning it has both ...

Albert Adjesiwor, University of Idaho Extension Weed Specialist and Associate Professor, said a pigweed, known as Palmer Amaranth, is something he is familiar with, after the weed began popping up ...

Fluridone, a preemergence herbicide, effectively controls Palmer pigweed in rice but can injure some rice cultivars if applied before the three-leaf stage or at rates above the label recommendation.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — A word of caution to rice growers: the herbicide fluridone has become a valuable tool in fighting Palmer pigweed, but it can cause injury to some rice cultivars, depending ...