Learn From Experts

Gain insight from scientists, growers and others about increasingly hard-to-control and resistant weeds and the need for a solution.

Advanced Technology Key to Reducing Herbicide-Resistant Weed Threat for U.S. Farmers

 

 

 

 Drift/volatization of Colex-D Technology 2,4-D testing
 Ag Professional
 April 2012

 

 

 Herbicide-Resistant Weeds Threaten Soil Conservation Gains; Finding
 a Balance for Soil and Farm Sustainability
 Council for Agriculture Science and Technology
 February 2012

 

 

Dow AgroSciences Presents Robust Tolerance and Efficacy Research for Enlist™ Weed Control System at Recent Weed Science Meetings

 

 

 

Importance of Herbicides for Natural Resource Conservation in the U.S.
CropLife Foundation
January 2012

 

 

 

U.S. EPA Tour of Weed Resistance Management Challenges
Weed Science Society of America
August 2011

 

 

 

Key Components of New Technology to Address Weed Control Challenges Shared With Scientific Community

 

 

 

 

Information on New 2,4-D Product introduced at Weed Science Society Meetings

 

 

 

 

The Impact of Genetically Engineered Crops on Farm Sustainability
National Research Council
2010 

 

 

 

Hear perspectives from an Arkansas grower on the importance of herbicide tolerant crops and the increasing challenge of hard-to-control weeds.

 

 

 An Iowa grower discusses increasing weed resistance and the need for new solutions.

 

 

 

View the Weed Resistance Management information and videos from The National Cotton Council.  This industry association believes that a proactive weed resistance management program will not only improve the environment, but can significantly improve a producer's bottom line.  In the coming years, weed resistance prevention and management will continue to grow in importance.

 

Thoughts on the Recent National Research Council Report: Let’s Put Glyphosate Weed Resistance in Perspective, by Dr. Thomas Bauman, Purdue University Weed Scientist

 

 

 

 

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Resources

Weed Science Society of America: Herbicide Resistance Learning Modules Lesson 1: Current Status of Herbicide Resistance Lesson 2: How Herbicides Work Lesson 3: What is Herbicide Resistance? Lesson 4: Scouting After a Herbicide Application and Confirming Herbicide Resistance Lesson 5: Principles of Managing Herbicide Resistance

Herbicide Resistance Action Committee