Horseweed/marestail has been the #1 weed submitted to MSU Diagnostic Services for herbicide-resistance screening. In 2015, all samples screened were found to be resistant to glyphosate. In 2016, screens have only been completed for 6 of the 36 samples submitted, but all thus far were resistant to both glyphosate and the ALS inhibiting herbicides (e.g. …
If you suspect that you have herbicide resistant weeds in your fields, now is the time to collect seed and have it tested. This week I began my new role as the Weed/Herbicide Diagnostician with MSU Diagnostic Services. One of my main responsibilities is continuing the herbicide resistance screening that has been conducted in Christy …
-E. Hill This year’s Weed Tour may have been one for the record books. There were upwards of 300 participants! When I wasn’t driving tractor or visiting with participants I managed to grab just a few photos to share…please enjoy! Also, if you were at the tour and did not receive a tour book because …
Yesterday’s 2014 MSU Weed Tour was yet another successful event, with over 230 people in attendance. Thank you to all of you whom attended and to the many people in front and behind the scenes who made it all possible. Please enjoy a few photos of the event below. The plot signs will probably remain …
With quick adoption of Roundup Ready sugarbeets by Michigan producers we have seen an increase in volunteers corn plants that are also resistant to glyphosate. One of our Master’s students, Amanda Harden, has spent the past two summer looking at management options, timing, and competitiveness of RR volunteer corn in RR sugarbeet. You can see …