"Much earlier": warning issued for an earlier presence of weeds and a strategy is recommended

In a context of very high water profiles, weeds could have an earlier presence in this campaign, according to a report by UPL Corp Argentina. According to the report, Amaranthus "continues to lead the ranking of problems, accompanied by grasses such as Eleusine and Echinochloa, and emerging species such as Commelina or Parietaria." The firm insisted on not losing sight of monitoring, reinforcing preventive strategies with pre-emergents, and implementing integrated management. "In addition to Amaranthus, we have a very frequent complex of grasses. Among them, Eleusine is the most complicated, because it is born at a time when residuals are no longer effective because they were spent with previous births," said Julio Gallo, a research and development specialist based in Villa María, Córdoba. In southern Santa Fe, Mauricio Durani (Agro Advise) added: "Our driver weed continues to be Amaranthus hybridus and summer grasses such as Echinochloa, Eleusine, and Digitaria. And we are very ...