BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — One of the basic principles Karen Corrigan, an independent agronomist, considers when planning weed control is: “Weeds want to live more than you want to kill them.” ...

Longtime growers of grain sorghum realize it is imperative to get pre-emergence herbicide right. Because post-emergence herbicide options are limited, it is better to be certain fields start out clean ...

Weed control in sorghum must start with an effective pre-emergence weed control program. Weed scientists constantly stress the importance of using at least two herbicides from different ...

No matter the growth stage, soybean weeds are never a welcome presence. In fact, early-season weed control is critical to minimize direct competition with weeds that emerge at about the same time as ...

Weeds don’t take the season off just because you’ve put up the combine and harvest is over. Especially in warmer climates, the window of time between the end of harvest and the first frost is a prime ...

It seems like a never-ending battle as weeds constantly encroach on our lawns and landscape beds. It’s true, this is one of the more difficult aspects in the landscape to manage, but it doesn’t have ...

The lawn care industry has changed dramatically over the past decade. What used to be a simple matter of mowing and watering ...

Tillage is the most common method of mechanical weed control and it's done before planting or after planting in rows. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard] Yield losses in maize is mainly caused by completion ...

The bigger part of crop farming seems to be a constant physical war between the farmer and weeds. Agriculturalists describe a weed as a plant growing where it should not be. It does not matter whether ...

A recently published article in the journal Weed Science shows electric control technologies can eradicate weeds just as effectively as herbicides or mechanical methods, with minimal risks to the crop ...

Odontotermes obesus is one of the termite species that grows fungi, called Termitomyces, in their mounds. Workers collect dead leaves, wood, and grass to stack them in underground fungus gardens ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — One of the basic principles Karen Corrigan, an independent agronomist, considers when planning weed control is: “Weeds want to live more than you want to kill them.” Weeds are ...