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TEAM Leafy Spurge releases newest IPM manual: "Herbicide Control of Leafy Spurge"
November 07, 2002 -- By MSU News Service
SIDNEY -- TEAM Leafy Spurge has just published its third "how-to" manual on leafy spurge management, entitled "Herbicide Control of Leafy Spurge."
A part of TEAM Leafy Spurge's integrated pest management series on leafy spurge, the free 40-page manual can help producers evaluate and select a herbicide management plan tailored to their needs.
"The manual is easy to read and its small size is practical and convenient in the field," says TLS’s program director Gerry Anderson.
The herbicide control manual covers the basics, including a leafy spurge summary, herbicide overviews, sprayer calibration, the economics of herbicide use and useful integrated pest management strategies incorporating herbicides with other control tools. A unique feature of this manual is an informational chart listing common leafy spurge herbicides, their application rates, time of application, potential level of control and precautions for their use.
"Herbicides are a popular, but expensive, tool for controlling leafy spurge," says Anderson, "so they are most frequently used to stamp out small patches and to restrict the spread of larger infestations."
Herbicides also have been integrated successfully with other management techniques, including grazing and biological control. However, before using herbicides land managers must first determine which management option or combination of options is suitable economically and environmentally for tackling their infestation. This manual helps them determine that.
Developed by TEAM Leafy Spurge, the manual was authored by leafy spurge herbicide expert, Dr. Rod Lym of North Dakota State University-Fargo and coauthored by Dr. Chad Prosser of Theodore Roosevelt National Park-Medora, ND; Celestine Duncan of Weed Management Services-Helena, MT; Dr. Dean Bangsund of North Dakota State University Department of Agricultural Economics-Fargo; and Dr. Gerry Anderson, Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory, Sidney, MT.
"TEAM Leafy Spurge is eager to disseminate this herbicide information because of its importance to any land manager with leafy spurge infestations," says Anderson. "It can aid the land manager in choosing an economical and an ecologically safe strategy for incorporating herbicides into their leafy spurge management plan."
Two earlier manuals in the IPM series, "Biological Control of Leafy Spurge" and "Multi-species Grazing and Leafy Spurge," were matched with their own informational resource CD-ROMs. This manual will follow suit with its individual resource CD, "Herbicide Control of Leafy Spurge," currently under development and scheduled to become available later this winter. That CD will feature an electronic version of its namesake manual, a photo gallery, a narrated PowerPoint presentation, and other TEAM Leafy Spurge publications.
"Herbicide Control of Leafy Spurge," along with other products of TEAM Leafy Spurge, are available by contacting Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 463, Sidney, MT 59270; 406-433-2020; fax 406-433-5038. For faster service, you may also order through the TEAM Leafy Spurge website at teamls@sidney.ars.usda.gov
or by email to teamls@sidney.ars.usda.gov.
TEAM Leafy Spurge is a six-year IPM research and demonstration project funded and led by the USDA-ARS in partnership with the USDA-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Its goal is to provide landowners and land managers with proven IPM strategies for leafy spurge control.
Contact: Jill Miller (406) 433-2020 or Gerry Anderson (406) 433-2020
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