Arable
How do pre-emergent herbicides interact with blackgrass?
Scientists at Rothamsted Research have discovered that pre-emergent herbicides affect blackgrass in strikingly different ways. The chemistries in question are:...
Blackgrass
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Growing potential for use of AI in fight against blackgrass weed infections
There is a growing expectation that artificial intelligence (AI) will be used to help deal with the threat of blackgrass...
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Waterlogging tolerance in blackgrass revealed by scientists
Research trials have consistently conformed that blackgrass thrives on heavy land, particularly where drainage is poor. Herbicide-resistant blackgrass has represented...
Arable
Tillage: The biology of blackgrass and ways to prevent it
A combination of knowing the biology of blackgrass and effective stubble management, can serve to greatly reduce the impact of...
Arable
Tillage: The challenge of grass weeds in 2024
Grass weeds are a problem on almost all tillage farms in Ireland. Wild oats, bromes and annual meadow grass are...
Arable
How weeds adapt within a tillage system
It is now widely recognised that weeds adapt within a tillage system at various levels, and in various ways. This...
N.Ireland
DNA loops provide clue to herbicide resistance in blackgrass
Blackgrass is a particularly persistent weed of winter wheat. Its success is largely due to widespread, multiple-herbicide resistance. A new...
Arable
Implementing the cultural control of blackgrass
Tillage farmers in the UK have been left with cultural control as being the primary means of tackling blackgrass infestations...
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Existing chemistries still important in controlling herbicide-resistant weeds
According to Life Scientific UK and Ireland country manager, Ruth Stanley, existing chemistries can still play a role in controlling...
