Lecture links

Weed biology

• Principles of sustainable weed management for croplands

• Characteristics of invasive plants

Weed management

• Weed seed bank

• Principles of weed management (pdf file)

• Weed control timing issues in Roundup Ready soybean (pdf file)

Organic weed control

• Use of rye as weed control agent

• Night tillage to reduce weed germination

• Winter cover crops

• Midwest Biological Control Newsletter

• Commercial products of biological weed control

• Biological control - Cornell University

Pesticide regulations

• Worker Protection Standard (WPS)

• Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act (FACT)

• Clean Water Act (CWA)

• Illinois TMDL 303(d) list

• Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)

• Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)

• Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA)

• IR-4 Program

• Pesticide Safety Education - UIUC

• Pesticide complaints- IDOA

Introduction to herbicides

• Fall-applied herbicides - Illinois

• Herbicide incorporation

Plants and herbicides

• Herbicide mode of action

• Herbicide selectivity

Soils and herbicides

• Illinois Natural History Survey, Biospeleology

• Fate of Soil-Applied Herbicides

• Basics of Groundwater

Herbicide efficacy and safety

• Adjuvant Compendium

• Safe use of pesticides in agriculture (pdf file)

• Pesticide interactions

• Pesticide toxicity

• Chemical producers & distributors association (CPDA)

Herbicide drift

• Ag Drift Coalition

• Legal Aspects of Herbicide Drift - UIUC

• Spray Drift Resources - UIUC

• Reducing Spray Drift

• Virtual Spray Table

• Illinois Department of Agriculture - Pesticides, Use and Misuse

• AgDrift 2.0 program

Herbicides - modes of action

• Herbicide Mode of Action

• Herbicide Injury Symptoms

• Herbicide Families

• WSSA Herbicide movies

Herbicide resistant weeds

• Illinois Herbicide Resistant Weeds

• Managing Herbicide Resistant Weeds

• Glyphosate, Weeds and Crops website

• Weed resistant management - Monsanto

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