A Growers Strategy for Managing Weed Resistance

A Growers Strategy for
Managing Weed Resistance
Rich Zollinger
NDSU Extension Weed Specialist
Herbicides Registered
Herbicides registered in the 70s:
Roundup, Basagran, Banvel, Avenge, Sencor
Herbicides registered in the 80s:
SUs - Glean, Harmony, Express
Stinger, Hoelon, Sonalan, Assert, Poast
Herbicides registered in the 90s:
Pursuit, Raptor, Accent (SU)
Select, Discover, Puma, Starane, Liberty,
Spartan
History of Weed Resistance in ND
#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 - ………..
History of Weed Resistance in ND
#1 - ?
#2 – Kochia - ALS (Express) – mid-late 80s
#3 – Wild oat - ACCase (Hoelon/Puma) - early 90s
#4 – Wild oat - ALS (Assert/Everest) - mid 90s
#5 – Gr. Foxtail - DNA (Treflan/Sonalan) - mid-90s
#6 – Nightshade, ragweed, waterhemp – ALS – 90s
#7 – Kochia – Growth reg. (Banvel, Starane) – 2000s
#8 – Ragweed, waterhemp, kochia – mid 2000s
History of Weed Resistance in ND
#1 – Kochia – 2,4-D
#2 – Kochia - ALS (Express) - mid 80s
#3 – Wild oat - ACCase (Hoelon/Puma) - early 90s
#4 – Wild oat - ALS (Assert/Everest) - mid 90s
#5 – Gr. Foxtail - DNA (Treflan/Sonalan) - mid-90s
#6 – Nightshade, ragweed, waterhemp - ALS
#7 – Kochia – Growth reg. (Banvel, Starane)
#8 – Glyphosate R ragweed, waterhemp, kochia
History of Weed Resistance in ND
#1 – Kochia – 2,4-D
#2 – Kochia - ALS (Express) - mid 80s
#3 – Wild oat - ACCase (Hoelon/Puma) - early 90s
#4 – Wild oat - ALS (Assert/Everest) - mid 90s
#5 – Gr. Foxtail - DNA (Treflan/Sonalan) - mid-90s
#6 – Nightshade, ragweed, waterhemp - ALS
#7 – Kochia – Growth reg. (Banvel, Starane)
#8 – Glyphosate R ragweed, waterhemp, kochia
Herbicide Resistant Weeds in ND
How many different herbicide resistant
weeds in ND?
1. Green foxtail – 1, 3 = 2
2. Wild oat – 1, 2, 8, 26 = 4
3. Waterhemp – 2, 9
=2
4. Ragweed – 2, 9
=2
5. Kochia - 2, 4, 5, 9
=4
6. Lambsquarters – 2, 9 = 2
7. Black nightshade – 2 = 1
Total = 17
Kansas, 2007 - first state to confirm
four species resistant to glyphosate
Kansas
Glyphosate R Weeds:
Common ragweed
1. Common ragweed
2. Giant ragweed
3. Marestail (horseweed).
4. Waterhemp
Kansas, 2007 - first state to confirm
four species resistant to glyphosate
Kansas
Glyphosate R Weeds:
Common ragweed
1. Common ragweed
2. Giant ragweed
3. Marestail (horseweed).
4. Waterhemp
Areas and counties of ND and MN having
confirmed and suspected glyphosate-resistant weeds
2007
Gly-R common ragweed
Gly-R giant ragweed
Gly-R waterhemp
Provided by: Drs. Jeff Stachler, Jeff Gunsolus, Mike Christoffers, and Kirk Howatt
Black symbols: confirmed resistant cases; Blue: highly suspected
Glyphosate-resistant weeds in ND and MN
GR wild oat-unconfirmed
2013
GR kochia
GR horseweed / marestail
GR kochia
GR common ragweed
GR giant ragweed
GR waterhemp
GR wild oat
Provided by: Drs. Jeff Stachler, Jeff Gunsolus, Mike Christoffers, and Kirk Howatt
GR ragweed
& waterhemp
Glyphosate-resistant kochia
GR kochia
2013
Gly-R kochia
Provided by: Drs. Jeff Stachler, Jeff Gunsolus, Mike Christoffers, and Kirk Howatt
Black symbols: confirmed resistant cases; Blue: highly suspected
Starane Resistant Kochia – 2013
= Starane (fluroxypyr)
Glyphosate-resistant weeds in ND and MN
2017?
GR horseweed / marestail
GR kochia
GR common ragweed
GR giant ragweed
GR waterhemp
GR wild oat
Provided by: Drs. Jeff Stachler, Jeff Gunsolus, Mike Christoffers, and Kirk Howatt
3 Fundamentals of Weed
Resistance Management?
1. Use Foundation (PRE) Herbicide(s)
2. Make timely POST applications
3. Respect the “1”
Respect The One!
12 plants / acre
12 plants / field
12 plants / sq ft
Handweeding
New Herbicide Technology
Enlist RU Xtend
(2,4-D) (dicamba)
Kochia
N
F-E
Ragweed
E
E
Waterhemp P
P-E
Horseweed E
E
P. Amaranth P
P-E
What is the difference in usage?
“Insanity: Doing the same thing over and
over again and expecting different results”
Albert Einstein
“You cannot solve a problem with the same
level of thinking that created it”
Albert Einstein
“You cannot solve a problem created by a
herbicide with another herbicide”
Andrew Kniss, U of WY