By Mark VanGessel, Extension Weed Specialist; mjv@udel.edu The label for Sharpen and other Kixor-containing herbicides says not to apply with any other Group 14 (PPO herbicides) or within 30 days of other Group 14 herbicides. Other Group 14 herbicides include flumioxazin (Valor, Valor XLT, Envive, Fierce, etc), Anthem, fomesafen (Reflex, Prefix, Flexstar numerous generic products). […]
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Common Ragweed Resistant to Glyphosate Identified in New Jersey
By Mark VanGessel, Extension Weed Specialist; mjv@udel.edu Working with Bill Bamka, County Extension Educator from Burlington County NJ, UD Weed Science Program confirmed that a population of common ragweed in New Jersey is resistant to glyphosate. The long-term history of the field is not known, but the past couple of years it was planted with […]
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Soil Disturbance Can Reduce Effectiveness of Some Herbicides
By Mark VanGessel, Extension Weed Specialist; mjv@udel.edu This is an article written by Dwight Lingenfelter and Bill Curran from Penn State and modified for Delaware. As more farmers use vertical tillage to manage crop residues or to mellow the seedbed prior to planting (especially soybeans), questions have arisen about possible impacts of using these types […]
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Morningglory Control in Soybeans
By Mark VanGessel, Extension Weed Specialist; mjv@udel.edu I always get questions on what to use to control mornningglory in soybeans at about the time to spray postemergence. Morningglory control starts at planting with a preemergence herbicide with broadleaf products such as Canopy, Valor XLT, Envive, Fierce, Prefix, Sonic or the Authority products. These will need […]
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FDA Food Safety Q&A: Growing, Harvesting, Packing & Holding Produce
The FDA Proposed Produce Food Safety Rule Q & A conference call, coordinated by the Produce Safety Alliance, discussed the growing, harvesting, packing and holding of produce. Here are the questions and answers from that call: 1. Will growers be expected to use food grade containers?
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Understanding the Strobilurin Fungicides (FRAC code 11)
The strobilurin, or QoI fungicides (FRAC code 11) are extremely useful in controlling a broad spectrum of common vegetable pathogens. You may know some of strobilurins as azoxystrobin (Quadris), trifloxystrobin (Flint), pyraclostrobin (Cabrio), or Pristine (pyraclostrobin + boscalid, 11 + 7).
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