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GROW is a scientist-led network coordinating research to help farmers across the U.S. fight herbicide-resistance with a greater diversity of weed control strategies. The GROW website and social media platforms provide information, videos, tools, news stories and other resources on integrated weed management options such as cover crops, increased crop competition, harvest weed seed control, weed seedbank prevention and more.
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Mayweed Chamomile, Anthemis cotula L., is native to the Mediterranean region, but has been widely introduced as a weed in the temperate zones. In 1995, it could be found in almost all of the lower 48 states.
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This tool allows users to identify herbicide products commonly used by dryland crop producers in eastern Washington that contain the same active ingredient(s). Users may search by trade name or active ingredient.
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From CAHNRS News: Australian professor shares herbicide resistance knowledge during WSU visit New
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Michael Walsh, an associate professor at the University of Western Australia, spent a week at the WSU Pullman campus this fall, discussing herbicide resistance and weed seed control with farmers in the surrounding region and giving a seminar to scientists in WSU’s Department of Crop and Soil Sciences.
Additional Weed Decision Tools
Dynamic decision tools to help you make informed management choices.
- Herbicide Comparison Tool
- AMS Sprayer Mix Calculator
- Herbicide Mechanisms of Action (MOA) Tools
- Winter Wheat Herbicide Efficacy Table
PNW Weed Management Handbook
This handbook is designed as a quick and ready reference for weed control practices and herbicides used in various cropping systems or sites in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.
National Jointed Goatgrass Research Program
The National Jointed Goatgrass Research Program was initiated in 1994 by using a special USDA grant to fund regional research and extension activities directed toward limiting the damage caused by jointed goatgrass to winter wheat production in the western United States. View more information generated over the course of this 15-year program.
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Common Weeds List
Herbicide Resistance Testing Program
Weed ID Quiz