Integrated Management of Wild Oat in the Pacific Northwest
PNW0759
January 24, 2022
In the Pacific Northwest (PNW), wild oat has become a notable weed pest of small grain and rotational crops, including pulse crops, potato, sugar beet and oilseed crops. It has infested more than 3 million acres of cropland in Idaho, costing small grain growers in the state alone more than 9 million dollars annually in control costs. Feeding its spread is the fact that it has developed resistance to several herbicides. This PNW provides all the basics you need to mount a defense against the stubborn grass, including its identification, crop impacts and management strategies. A handy table also lists the brand-name herbicides to which the wild oat has developed resistance, upping the odds on your control efforts.
Authors: Albert T. Adjesiwor, Drew J. Lyon, Judit Barroso, Joan Campbell
3,500 words
Categories containing this publication:
- Agriculture
- crop
- Agriculture - Crop Production
- cereals - CLONE (do not edit directly)
- cereals
- beans-peas-lentils - CLONE (do not edit directly)
- beans-peas-lentils
- potatoes
- potatoes - CLONE (do not edit directly)
- oilseed-crops
- oilseed-crops - CLONE (do not edit directly)
- Agriculture - Weeds
- sugar-beets
- sugar-beets - CLONE (do not edit directly)