Claudio Rubione, University of Delaware, Weed Science and Mark VanGessel, Extension Weed Specialist; mjv@udel.edu Integrated weed management (IWM) combines various methods to reduce or eliminate the effect of weeds on crop production over time, using a combination of practices that… Continue Reading
Barbara Scott, Research Associate; bascott@udel.edu & Mark VanGessel, Extension Weed Specialist; mjv@udel.edu As we move into the fall months and transition from summer annual weeds to winter annual weeds, the website below has excellent photos of common winter annual weeds… Continue Reading
Mark VanGessel, Extension Weed Specialist; mjv@udel.edu Fall is often a good time and the most convenient time to treat most perennial weeds because it is the time that plants are best able to translocate the herbicide to the roots where… Continue Reading
Jake Jones, Extension Agriculture Agent, Kent County; jgjones@udel.edu At this point in the growing season, the success of your herbicide program becomes apparent. Timing is vital to controlling Palmer amaranth and killing plants above the canopy with herbicides is nearly… Continue Reading
Mark VanGessel, Extension Weed Specialist; mjv@udel.edu A number of fields last summer had poor stands of corn due to the wet soils. As a result, the weed control in those areas was very poor and the number of weed seeds… Continue Reading
