Pulse School: Herbicide layering in lentils

Lentils are one of those pulse crops that can be difficult to keep free of weeds. They're a poor competitor with weeds throughout the growing season.

Over the past five years, the Western Applied Research Corporation (WARC), has been doing research trials that look at herbicide layering to control weeds in lentils, with some strong evidence for efficacy.

The research group carried out the same treatments at Saskatoon, Birsay, Swift Current, Redvers, and Scott, Sask. The five locations used gave a wide range of growing conditions and of course, encompass different soil textures and zones — not enough moisture wouldn't activate soil-applied herbicides and it's important to give an accurate representation of conditions across the province.

In this Pulse School episode, Jessica Enns, general manager at WARC, joined Kara Oosterhuis to talk about trial results and how applying something with residual activity will help farmers reduce their chances of herbicide resistant weeds.

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