8897 Managing Glyphosate-Resistant Palmer Amaranth in Conservation Tillage Cotton

Wednesday, January 7, 2009: 1:45 PM
Salon M (Marriott Rivercenter Hotel)
Jeremy M. Kichler1, A. Stanley Culpepper2, Alan C. York3 and Lynn M. Sosnoskie2, (1)University of Georgia, Oglethorpe, GA, (2)University of Georgia, Tifton, GA, (3)North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth is threatening the existence of conservation tillage in Georgia. This field experiment looked at the affects of two tillage systems, three cover crops, two cover crop termination timings and different herbicide programs on managing glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth.