The WSU projects that received funding from the Washington Grain Commission in fiscal year 2024 are summarized in the 2023-2024 WSU Wheat and Barley Research Progress Report.
Results of field studies conducted by WSU researchers to help dryland farmers in eastern Washington manage weeds of concerns are now available in the 2023 Weed Control Report.
Growers who want to move away from using Beyond in Clearfield wheat after multiple years of using the technology, may want to consider testing for soil residues before planting a non-Clearfield wheat variety. Use this step-by-step guide to test for herbicide residues by conducting a bioassay.
The Herbicide Resistance Screening Program helps farmers determine if the lack of efficacy of herbicides in their fields is due to herbicide resistance.
Relying only on glyphosate for Italian ryegrass control in glyphosate-resistant canola is effective; however, this approach is likely to quickly result in the selection of Italian ryegrass biotypes that we can no longer control with glyphosate.
If you hold a pesticide or applicators license, you’re likely to have heard the phrase “Label is the LAW” or have been reminded at workshops or presentations to always READ the label before buying the…
What happened? Wheat fields throughout Eastern Washington are full of downy brome (a.k.a cheatgrass). Many of those that aren’t, are full of Italian ryegrass. Why didn’t herbicides perform better than they did this year?
Wheat harvest is underway in Eastern Washington. With cool spring weather and ample spring rainfall, it looks like it will be a bountiful harvest. Understandably, growers will be focused on getting their grain out of…
Spring crops are quickly going into the ground and herbicide applications are being applied to winter wheat, and a lot of difficult decisions are being made during this unprecedented time. Unprecedented times included input scarcity…
In the 1990s, when I was beginning my academic career at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Panhandle Research and Extension Center in Scottsbluff, Monsanto still held the patent for glyphosate, and it could only be purchased…
As the snow begins to fall, memories of the 2021 crop season begin to fade and thoughts about what lies ahead in 2022 start to take center stage. I would like to use this Timely…
First COVID-19 and now DROUGHT-21. We just can’t seem to catch a break. As I drive around the region, I see a lot of green fields, but that green often turns out to be common…
Dr. Michelle Moyer, Extension Viticulturalist located at Prosser, WA recently contacted me and told me that she was getting an uptick in calls from grape growers suffering 2,4-D damage in their vineyards. It has been…
Herbicide resistance has been a focus of WSU Weed Science for several years. The overreliance on herbicides for weed control has brought us to a situation where we are quickly running out of effective herbicide…
As I watch the snow falling outside my basement window – COVID-19 has driven me from my university office to my basement – I find myself not only reflecting back on the 2020 crop season…
Ventenata infests millions of acres of rangeland, however, this winter annual grass can also infest your crops and significantly impact yield. Ventenata can out compete downy brome populations, has less nutritive value than most of…
I discuss current research with a weed sensing sprayer in the YouTube video titled, (09) Lydia Fields: Weed-IT Systems for Chemical Fallow. Weed sensing sprayers function in real time through detection of differential reflectance, facilitated…
Integrated Management of Feral Rye in Winter Wheat (PNW660) has been updated. Feral rye, also known as volunteer or cereal rye, is a troublesome weed in winter wheat production systems in the low and intermediate…
Episode 182 of Wheat All About It! features postdoctoral researcher at Washington State University, agricultural sociologist Katie Dentzman.Join Scott Yates, director of Communications and producer relations for the Washington Grain Commission in, Working Together: Communities…
I have been wanting to try my hand at blogging for some time now, but the time investment required has always deterred me. I recently decided to invite my weed science colleagues from the Pacific…
Herbicide resistance is a problem that is quickly spreading throughout the wheat-growing regions of the inland PNW. The newly created Herbicide Resistance Weeds Map lets you see the results of Dr. Ian Burke’s herbicide resistance testing program.
Harvest Weed Seed Control: Applications for PNW Wheat Production Systems, (PNW730), is a new publication that discusses the various Harvest Weed Seed Control systems and their potential suitability for PNW wheat production systems across rainfall regions.
Australia has been on the forefront of herbicide resistance management for many years now because they developed some of the worst weed resistance issues in the world.