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Weed Control

Improving weed management means:

• Getting the most out of cultural control and maximising herbicide performance
• Keeping weed populations low for good weed and resistance management
• Planning weed control across the whole rotation
  

Weed control publications 

• Effective, sustainable Italian rye-grass control in winter cereals
• Dormancy and persistence of volunteer oilseed rape
• Oilseed rape herbicides and water protection 
• Identification and control of brome grasses
• Control of ALS-resistant chickweed and poppy in cereals
• Herbicide-resistant black-grass: managing risk with fewer options 
• Pre-harvest glyphosate application to wheat and barley
• Cereals Growth Stages - a guide for crop treatments
• Nozzle selection chart

Current research
To view all the current HGCA funded projects on weed control please click the link below
Current projects - Weed control

CPD Points
Complete the 'Managing weeds in arable rotations guide' on-line test and pick up 2 NRoSO and/or 4 BASIS points for getting 100%.
Click here to take the test

James Clarke of ADAS highlights HGCA’s 'Managing weeds in arable rotations' guide as a tool in managing blackgrass
Video 1 - Tackling black-grass early
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