Section 6 Table of Contents

Table 2.6-3. Relative effectiveness of herbicides on weeds in forages.

Weed control rating

Crop tolerance

Herbicide Key

BA BU BUT CH EP G KE PP PR PU RO SE SI VE SEL RA
Winter annuals
¹ Not triazine-resistant biotypes.
Bluegrass, annual 8+ N N 7+ 8+ 8+ 8+ 6 6+ 6 9 8 7+ 8 7 6
Brome, downy 9 N N N 9 9 9 9 6 6 9 9 9 9 9 N
Chickweed, common 8 6 6 8+ 7 9 8 N 7 8+ 9+ 9 9 9 N 8+
Henbit/red dead nettle 6 8 6 8+ 9 9 8 N 8 7 8 9 9 9 N 7
Mustard, wild N 8 10 7 6 9 6 N 6 9 9 9 9 9 N 9
Pennycress, field N 9 9 6 6 9 6 N 6 9 9 9 9 9 N 9
Ryegrass, annual 8+ N N N 9 8 8+ 9 8 6 8 7 N 7 9 6
Shepherds purse N 9 9 6 7 9 6 N 6+ 8+ 9 9 9 9 N 9
Wild radish N 6 7 7 N 7 N N 6 8+ 9 7 7 7 N 8+
Yellow rocket N 7 8 6 N 8 N N 6 8+ 9 9 9 9 N 9
BA BU BUT CH EP G KE PP PR PU RO SE SI VE SEL RA
Summer annuals
¹ Not triazine-resistant biotypes.
Barnyardgrass 9 N N 6 9 8 8 9 8+ 8 9+ 6 6 7 9 8
Crabgrass 9 N N 6 9 6 8 9 9 8 9 6 7 7 9 8
Foxtail spp. 9 N N 6 9 9 8 9 9 8+ 9+ 6 7 7 9+ 8+
Lambsquarters¹ 9 10 8+ 9 9 8 6 N 9 7 9 9 9 9 N 8+
Panicum, fall 9 N N 6 9 9 6 9 9 8 9+ 6+ 6+ 6+ 9 8+
Pigweed, spp¹ 9 8 8+ 9 9 9 6 N 9 9+ 9 9 8+ 9 N 9+
Ragweed, common N 9 9 7 N 9 N N N 7 9 8 8 8+ N 8
Smartweed, Penn. N 9 6 7 N 9 N N 8 8+ 9 8+ 8+ 8+ N 8
Velvetleaf N 8 9 7 N 9 N N 8+ 9 9 8 8 8+ N 9
BA BU BUT CH EP G KE PP PR PU RO SE SI VE SEL RA
Perennials
¹ Not triazine-resistant biotypes.
Aster spp. N N 6 N N 6 N N N 7 8+ 6 6 6 N 7
Bedstraw spp. N N N N N 6 N N N 7 8 N N ? N N
Cockle, white N N 7 N N 6 N N N 6 9 7 7 7 N ?
Crop injury 1 2+ 1+ 2+ 2 2 1 0 2 1 3 2+ 2 2 0 1
Dandelion N N 7+ 7+ N N N N N 7 8 7 6 8 N 6
Dock spp. N N 6 N N N N N N 7 9 6 6 7 N 7+
Johnsongrass 6 N N N 7 6 N 8 N 8 9 N N N 9 8
Nutsedge, yellow N N N N 8 N N N 6 7 7 N N N N 6
Orchardgrass N N N N 6 6 7 6 N N 8 N 6 7 7+ N
Plantain spp. N N 7 N N N N N N 6 8 7 7 7 N 6
Quackgrass N N N N 8 6 8 7 N 6 9 N 6 6 8 N
Thistle, Canada N N N N N N N N N 6 9 N N N N 6