Since 1996, genetically modified herbicide-resistant (HR) crops, particularly glyphosate-resistant (GR) crops, have transformed the tactics that corn, soybean, and cotton growers use to manage weeds. The use of GR crops continues to grow, but weeds are adapting to the common practice of using only glyphosate to control weeds. Growers using only a single mode of action to manage weeds need to ch...

Metribuzin is an herbicide widely used for weed control that has been identified as a groundwater pollutant. It contaminates the environment even when it is used according to the manufacturer's instructions. To reduce herbicide leaching and increase weed control, new controlled release formulations were developed by entrapping metribuzin within a sepiolite-gel-based matrix using two clay/herbic...

Cycling pesticides has been proposed as a means of retarding the evolution of resistance, but its efficacy has rarely been empirically tested. We evolved populations of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii in the presence of three herbicides: atrazine, glyphosate and carbetamide. Populations were exposed to a weekly, biweekly and triweekly cycling between all three pairwise combinations of herbicides and ...

Currently, the use of synthetic chemicals to control weeds raises several concerns related to environment and human health. An alternative is to use natural products that possess good efficacy and are environmentally friendly. Among those, essential oils have been extensively tested to assess their herbicidal properties as valuable natural resource. The essential oils whose phytotoxic activitie...

The effect of the external pH in the range of 5.5 to 8.0 on the activity of three PSII herbicides (diuron, atrazine and dinoseb) was studied in isolated thylakoid membranes by means of prompt and delayed fluorescence induction kinetics. Well-expressed pH dependence was established for prompt fluorescence parameters (Fv/Fm, Fi/Fm) as well as for delayed fluorescence parameters (I1, I2). Two type...

Residual herbicides and cover crops are important tools inside an integrated weed management program. The straw produced in crop rotation can interacts with herbicides. aim of this study was to evaluate the interaction diclosulam, sulfentrazone, imazethapyr, flumioxazin, s-metolachlor pyroxasulfone black oat, cereal rye, common vetch oilseed radish it´s reflection on control soybean p...

Mechanical-chemical synergy has been proven efficient in weed control. However, characterizing the state of weed–soil complex after mechanical weeding and revealing its effects on subsequent herbicide application is still challenging, which restricts implementation this technology. This paper first presents a method to characterize from perspectives fragmentation composite characteristics. The ...

abstract leaving crop residues on the soil surface may significantly affect the behavior and activity of herbicides. to probe this effect, a factorial experiment in a randomized complete block design with three replications was conducted using two factors including different rates of wheat surface residue (0, 1250, 2500 and 3750 kg ha-1 ) and different rates of trifluralin (%48 ec) herbicide (7...

Aiming to reduce herbicide leaching, "in situ" adsorption of herbicide-micelle formulations to soils was explored. Sulfentrazone or metolachlor were solubilized in cationic micelles, and these herbicide-micelle formulations were applied to sandy and alluvial soils. Sulfentrazone adsorption to the soils was negligible; however, its adsorption via its solubilization in micelles and their adsorpti...

Abstract Fountain grass ( Pennisetum setaceum ) is a globally pervasive invasive species and prime example of an escaped horticultural ornamental. In areas where it not naturally found, displaces native plant communities disrupts ecological systems processes. Cost-effective removal efforts that protect the community are needed for its control. We conducted experiment from March 2018 to 2021 in ...