Optimizing Herbicide Performance: Are You Getting the Best Bang for Your Buck?

March 2021 | 28 min., 51 sec.
by Tom Barber
University of Arkansas

Summary

​Five key factors affect herbicide performance: weed species/pressure, herbicide selection/rates, application, environmental conditions, and time of application. Strategies for maximizing performance include choosing the right product and right rate for the soil type; using a program approach; applying residuals at planting; making timely post-applications; and overlaying residuals, regardless of technology. It's never too early to diversify; there are very few new herbicide modes of action, and the development of resistance is ongoing. Cultural practices, such as cover crops and deep tillage, must become the foundation of herbicide programs.​​

About the Presenter

Tom BarberTom Barber is a professor and extension weed scientist with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. He currently conducts applied weed control research in corn, cotton, grain sorghum, rice, and soybean crops to provide the mo​st cost effective weed control programs for Arkansas producers. Each year he gives over 50 presentations at local, state, regional and national meetings on weed resistance and weed seed bank management, lately the main focus of his programs involves management of glyphosate and PPO-resistant Palmer amaranth, or pigweed.

Contact Information:
Email: tbarber@uaex.edu

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