Herbicide

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Herbicide: - A chemical pesticide designed to control or destroy plants, weeds, or grasses.
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Farmers coping with herbicide resistance  -  04 Aug 2008
Southeast Farm PressWe knew it wasnâ€™ta wash-off situation and we knew it wasnâ€™ta weather related herbicide problem. In short, we knew we had a problem,â€? Gibson says.

Garden Q&A: Eliminate pokeweed by using an herbicide  -  04 Aug 2008
Reading Eagle,If that sounds like too much work, you can treat the plants with an herbicide. Glyphosate will do the job; no need for anything nuclear.

Monsanto gives $425K to train parochial teachers  -  04 Aug 2008
Bizjournals.com,Creve Coeur-based Monsanto Co. (NYSE: MON) develops insect- and herbicide-resistant crops and other agricultural products.

ASSATEAGUE: Spraying to begin to control reed infestation  -  04 Aug 2008
Tasley Eastern Shore News,The National Park Service and the US Fish and Wildlife Service will begin herbicide spraying on the island from the national seashore in Maryland to the

Future of GM Crops  -  04 Aug 2008
Truth about Trade & Technology,Two traits, herbicide tolerant (HT) and insect resistant (IR), dominated the early years of GE crops. Here in Canada the vast majority of GE crop acreage is

Cotton farmers face a formidable foe  -  04 Aug 2008
Glasgow Daily Times,He quickly set up an experiment station in Ideal and seven other plots throughout Georgia after the herbicide-resistant plant cropped up here.

Risk of GE pollen escape 'small'  -  04 Aug 2008
Stuff.co.nz,The research, in a securely contained, undisclosed field somewhere near Lincoln, aims to test the plants' tolerance to herbicide and resistance to fungi,

Eco-Lawn Defies Drought, Water Rationing  -  04 Aug 2008
MarketWatch...the extensive root system obtains all the nutrients the lawn needs without supplementary feeding or herbicide applications. Finally, Eco-Lawn requires

Smash The Opium Trade  -  04 Aug 2008
Times of India,While the US Drug Enforcement Agency had urged destroying the crops through aerial spraying of herbicide, Karzai had objected to it on the ground it was not

Dismiss(R) Herbicide from FMC Registered for Use in Massachusetts  -  Jul 25, 2008
WELT ONLINE,The expanding FMC turf portfolio also includes products such as new Echelonâ„¢ herbicide, QuicksilverÂ® herbicide and Segwayâ„¢ fungicide.

Agribusiness: Bayer launches Ignite herbicide  -  Jul 31, 2008
Southeast Farm PressNew Ignite 280 SL herbicide, for all LibertyLink crops, controls more than 120 broadleaf weeds and grasses, including tough-to-control,

US Park Service Attacks Buffelgrass With Herbicide  -  Jul 31, 2008
KOLD-TV,The herbicide contains a dye, so they know which plants have been treated. Buffelgrass is a non-native, highly invasive species originally introduced to

Find the right predator to zap whiteflies  -  Aug 1, 2008
San Francisco Chronicle,Trees respond to cutting by closing off their water vessels and the herbicide will not be absorbed if it is not quickly painted or sprayed on the final cut

Tackling vines that have taken over  -  Aug 2, 2008
Baltimore Sun,You can also apply a systemic herbicide (absorbed into the plant's system), such as glyphosate. You'll need to apply it more than once.

Diversify, don't reduce herbicide use  -  Jul 29, 2008
Agri News,Gunsolus said the first thing people do when the price of herbicide rises is reduce application rates. "My point is simple, don't do that," he said.

Eagle County weed of the week  -  Aug 2, 2008
Vail Daily News,The most effective way to control Yellow Toadflax is with an approved herbicide. When using herbicides always read and follow the label.

American Seeds, Inc., plants seeds of choice  -  Aug 2, 2008
The Prairie Star,The benefits of biotechnology include offering a higher quality of life for many farm families, greater herbicide application flexibility,

Q&A with Sandy Feather: How to fight the war on weeds  -  Aug 1, 2008
Pittsburgh Post Gazette,If you know you have some tough customers such as Canada thistle, you may also make very directed applications of a non-selective herbicide such as Roundup

Consider Mr. Gore's Past Record on New Technology  -  Jul 31, 2008
Wall Street JournalHe also claimed that "the decisions to develop ice-minus bacteria, herbicide-resistant plants, and bovine growth hormone . . . lent credibility to those who

Factors limit development of weed control products for specialty crops  -  Aug 1, 2008
High Plains Journal,..."It has been a number of years since a new herbicide has been developed for a major crop that could be extended to specialty food crops," according to the

The rain is good for your grass and, unfortunately, good for your ...  -  Aug 1, 2008
Las Cruces Sun-News,You can't kill it easily with herbicide because it has fine hairs that prevent the herbicide from getting on the leaf," she said.

Milfoil Treatment Planned: Liberty Lake Will Receive Herbicide ...  -  Jul 26, 2008
RedOrbit,Since then the hard-to-kill plant has spread along the eastern and southern shores of the lake, and herbicide must be put in the lake every year to keep the

Herbicide Damage  -  Jul 26, 2008
Dodge City Daily Globe,By Andrea Burns I have been seeing lots of herbicide damage to trees, shrubs and tomato plants caused by exposure to herbicides. Symptoms vary with the type

LibertyLink technology next step in weed control  -  Aug 1, 2008
Delta Farm Press,We have had no new herbicide technology introduced in soybeans since the Roundup Ready technology became commercially available well over 10 years ago.

Gardener's chemical warning  -  Aug 1, 2008
Richmond and Twickenham Times,By Chris Wickham Â» A Teddington allotment holder is at the forefront of a campaign to get a herbicide taken off the shelves after it ruined her crops this

Damaging herbicide drift can travel far  -  Jul 24, 2008
Delta Farm Press,HERBICIDE DRIFT continues to be a problem in the Mid-South. Eric Webster, LSU AgCenter weed scientist, says in southwest Louisiana â€œwe tend to see more

Herbicide may be used on Half Moon Lake  -  Jul 23, 2008
Leader-Telegram,Commission member Jim Olson, who cast the only dissenting vote, said herbicide applications could endanger a diverse array of native plants that are hanging

Herbicide demonstration shows results of three chemical sprays on ...  -  Jul 26, 2008
Buffalo Reflex,About 40 people attended a pasture walk on the farm south of Buffalo July 15 to see the results of three May 22 herbicide applications.

Middle East meets WA Wheatbelt  -  Aug 1, 2008
Farm Weekly,Ms Al-Masâ€™oudi, supervised by Dr Walsh, conducted whole plant screening to establish the true extent of bromoxynil herbicide resistance in a wild radish

Experts will decide on endosulfan ban - Mallard  -  Jul 29, 2008
National Business Review,Environment Minister Trevor Mallard says he will leave it to the experts to decide whether to ban or restrict the use of the herbicide endosulfan.

Local moms unite to tackle herbicide questions  -  Jul 20, 2008
Bonner County Daily Bee,The presentation has inspired a spirited online back-and-forth between herbicide foes and proponents. Herbicide supporters question CEH's agenda and Cox's

Details lacking about herbicide's impact  -  Jul 21, 2008
Nanaimo Daily News,This article is dangerous if only for the half-truths and the misinformation which it presents as fact. One would almost think that this was written by the

Fire dept. match grants available  -  Jul 15, 2008
Ada Evening News,OKLAHOMA CITYâ€”Community and rural fire departments in Oklahoma are eligible to apply for matching grants through the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture,

Substance on Liberty Road was a herbicide, section of road remains ...  -  Jul 17, 2008
The Ann Arbor News - MLive.com,The yellow liquid found on Liberty Road in Scio Township was identified as "a herbicide that is commercially produced," Scio Township Fire Chief Carl Ferch

Vinegar can be effective herbicide  -  Jul 17, 2008
Grand Junction Free Press,Vinegar can be a very effective herbicide, if its limits are understood. It is a contact herbicide, which means that it burns the plant tissue it touches.

Herbicide ban called for  -  Jul 18, 2008
Westmorland Gazette,However gardeners across the country complained after using manure thought to have been contaminated by the herbicide, which can survive through the gut of

Herbicide spraying to battle railway-line weeds  -  Jul 14, 2008
Times Colonist,Overgrown weeds on Island rail lines are forcing the use of herbicide sprays. Spraying will start in Nanaimo before moving to unpopulated areas along the

Herbicide spraying needed planning  -  Jul 16, 2008
NRToday.com,The recent roadside herbicide application on the Tiller Trail Highway and the South Umpqua River Road was overly zealous and done without much fore-thought.

Herbicide helps Vancouver Island keep train tracks safe  -  Jul 15, 2008
SmartBrief,Officials on Vancouver Island in British Columbia say it is necessary to spray the island's train tracks with herbicide to eliminate weeds and ensure public

On-line tool assesses herbicide resistance risk  -  Jul 11, 2008
High Plains Journal,The best ways to prevent herbicide resistance are to use a combination of herbicides, cultivation, and crop rotation to manage weeds, and where possible not

Fallout Still Felt From Last Yearâ€™s Herbicide Spray Incident  -  Jul 9, 2008
TriCities.com,By Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier Children playing by a fence at Miss Amyâ€™s Child Care center were sprayed with herbicide by a passing train last year.

New Web tools help producers with fertilizer, herbicide and water ...  -  Jul 8, 2008
Montana State University,The fertilizer, herbicide and variety tools developed by Kent McVay, Montana State University Extension cropping systems specialist at the Montana

Fort Meadow Reservoir to undergo herbicide treatment  -  Jul 10, 2008
Community Advocate,The entire lake will be treated with an herbicide called Reward (active ingredient Diquat) to specifi cally control the milfoil.

Not knotweed!  -  Jul 31, 2008
River Reporter,One option allowing for improved control of Japanese knotweed is the injection of herbicide into the plantâ€™s stalk using a specially designed gun-like tool

Railway herbicide spraying should end by Friday  -  Jul 16, 2008
Nanaimo Daily News,The spraying of herbicides to control weeds along the 290-kilometre E&N railway from Victoria to Courtenay is expected to be completed by the end of the

Bayer CropScience's herbicide Soberan 'set for Brazil'  -  Jul 9, 2008
Hays Pharma,Bayer CropScience says its new corn herbicide Soberan can be used in Brazil after an active ingredient was granted approval. It reports tembotrione is a

The question Is the compost crisis over?  -  Jul 27, 2008
guardian.co.uk,The culprit was tracked back to a new herbicide ingredient, aminopyralid. It clings unexpectedly strongly to woody stems such as hay.

The carp aren't working  -  Jul 30, 2008
Rock Hill Herald,In the meantime, herbicide control methods should be utilized," he said. "I think that the best thing to do is to wait until Duke Energy crews have done a

Quackgrass in the Garden  -  Jul 31, 2008
Chisago County Press,Here's where an herbicide comes in. Since quack is one of the first weeds to show up in the spring, it can be applied when it is at least six inches high.

â€˜Brothers killed 233 trees obstructing their billboardsâ€™  -  Jul 31, 2008
Cyprus Mail,Ioannou told state radio that â€œwhen we took a closer look, we found that the holes were definitely man-made,â€? adding that a sample of the herbicide has been

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