Special Label For Gramoxone Allows Wick Applications For Palmer Pigweed
The Georgia Department of Agriculture granted a Section 24(c) SLN label for the use of Gramoxone Inteon in non-selective applicators for use in peanut to suppress or control herbicide-resistant Palmer pigweed in peanuts.
This label only applies in Georgia and does not include applications of this kind with Gramoxone Inteon in cotton or soybeans.
Dr. Eric Prostko, University of Georgia Extension weed scientist, views the use of non-selective applicators as a last resort in the management of Palmer pigweed. The UGA Weed Science Group would strongly urge growers to use other control strategies, such as tillage, cover crops, residual herbicides and timely post applications.
Three types of applicators have been tested thus far: GrassWorks WeedWiper, which worked the best, the WickMaster and the “traditional” gravity flow rope-wick bar.
In order for non-selective applicators to be effective in reducing Palmer amaranth seed production, treatments will have to be applied within 2 weeks of pollen formation (i.e. before viable seed are formed).
Special Label For Gramoxone In Georgia
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