Herbicide Resistance and Integrated Weed Management

Integrated weed management (IWM) describes the practice of using multiple control tactics to manage weeds. This GROW educational page will dive deeper into how integrated approaches using both chemical and non-chemical tactics can help prevent and manage herbicide-resistant weeds on your farm.  It presents a comprehensive overview of herbicide resistance management through a series of boxes, which open up to give the reader detailed answers to 10 fundamental questions. Let GROW be part of your solution to better weed management.

William Curran, Penn State University (Emeritus)

Claudio Rubione, GROW

Emily Unglesbee, GROW

Mark VanGessel, University of Delaware

Aaron Hager, University of Illinois

Vipan Kumar, Cornell University

Patrick Tranel, University of Illinois

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