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Article: Is tank-mixing herbicides worth it?(FIELD SCIENCE)
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- SportsTURF
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- January 1, 2006
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New sulfonylurea (SU) herbicides for use in turfgrass systems have revolutionized weed management in turf. Because of these new herbicides, such as Revolver (foramsulfuron), Monument (trifloxysulfuron), and Certainty (sulfosulfuron), just to name a few, we now have options for some of our toughest weed control problems. Weeds normally difficult to control, annual bluegrass (Poa annua), clumpy perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne), yellow nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus), and Kyllinga spp. can now be easily controlled in Bermudagrass and zoysiagrass turf with these herbicides.
But while these herbicides can control many weeds, they are not they panacea that one would ...