However, since Palmer amaranth, redroot pigweed and waterhemp all fall into the pigweed category, telling Palmer amaranth apart from its cousins can be a challenge.

Help can’t arrive fast enough for corn and soybean farmers who routinely battle Palmer amaranth (pigweed) or waterhemp, especially those with resistance to currently available herbicide ...

A word of caution to rice growers: the herbicide fluridone has become a valuable tool in fighting Palmer pigweed, but it can cause injury to some rice cultivars, depending on when it is used.

Palmer amaranth -- voted the most troublesome weed in the United States by the Weed Science Society of America -- has made its way to North Dakota. The weed, also known as Palmer pigweed, recently ...

Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri S. Watson), a.k.a. Palmer pigweed or careless-weed, has become impervious to nearly all herbicides, certainly all types which are economically viable for farmers.

Meet Palmer Pigweed. Palmer’s a hearty fellow. He’s capable of growing 2 to 4 inches per day until he’s 8 feet tall. His weed stalk is as thick as a man’s wrist and tough enough to damage ...

Palmer pigweed, for example, can grow to be 10 feet tall (3.05 meters) at a rate of 3 inches (7.5 cm) per day. While typical lawn weeds, such as the dandelion, generally produce about 2,000 seeds ...

Sometimes you have to get your hands dirty. One of the best ways to get rid of weeds such as pigweed is through hand removal.

Agronomists in Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin have also vowed to contain the movement of Palmer amaranth, a member of the pigweed family. Palmer amaranth, Jenks ...

Fluridone offers a new tool in the arsenal to fight herbicide resistance in Palmer pigweed, said Jason Norsworthy, distinguished professor of weed science in the department of crop, soil and ...

Palmer amaranth--voted the most troublesome weed in the United States by the Weed Science Society of America--has made its way to North Dakota. The weed, also known as Palmer pigweed, recently was ...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — A word of caution to rice growers: the herbicide fluridone has become a valuable tool in fighting Palmer pigweed, but it can cause injury to some rice cultivars, depending ...