«We wanted to document that weeds were still a significant pest to manage, that we need to maintain all
the different weed control practices that we have.
Not exact matches
Working with scientists from five other states, Owen is comparing
different weed -
control practices on about 150 fields throughout the South and Midwest.
Young said that growers are responding to such challenges by integrating alternative herbicides into their
weed control programs, herbicides that work a
different way and thus sidestep the resistance.
If we change it up, keep the
weeds on the defensive, then they potentially won't become resistant because we've
controlled those resistant ones with a
different technique.»