Source: Eric Prostko, FARM PROGREES, 4/15/22


One of the very few benefits of being an older weed scientist is that I can say, “Remember when this happened or remember that problem?”  When I began my professional weed science life in the late 1980s, cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium) was a very common weed in many row crop fields. It remained so up until the introduction of glyphosate-resistant soybean.

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