Agriculture: Avocado Pest Management Guidelines

Susceptibility of Weeds to Herbicide Control

  PREEMERGENCE   POSTEMERGENCE
FLU3 ISO3 NOR1 ORY OXY SIM1   CAR2 FLA3 GLY2 PAR2 SET3
ANNUAL WEEDS
Grasses
barley, hare (wild barley) N N C C N C   N N C P P
barnyardgrass C N P C P P N C C P C
bluegrass, annual C N C C P C N N C P N
crabgrasses N N P C N N N C C C C
foxtail, yellow C N C C C C N C C C C
lovegrasses (stinkweeds) C N P C C C N N C P
oats, wild N N P C P C N C C P C
ryegrass N N C C N P N C C4 P C
sandbur, longspine N N P P N C N N C P C
sprangletop N N P C N N N N C N C
witchgrass N N C C N C N C C P C
Broadleaves
cocklebur C C N C C   N N C C N
fleabane, hairy C C C N C C P N C4 P N
goosefoot N C C C C C N N C C N
groundsel, common C C P N C P N N C C N
horseweed (mare's tail) C C C N C C P N C4 P N
knotweed N C P C P C N N P P N
lambsquarters C C P C C C C N C C N
lettuce, prickly C P N C C C N C C N
mallow, little (cheeseweed, malva) C C P P C P C N P N N
mustards C C P N P C N N C C N
nettle, burning N C C P C C N N N P N
nightshade, black C C C N C C C N C C N
nightshade, hairy C C C N C C C N C C N
pigweed C C P C C C C N C C N
puncturevine C C C P C P N N C C N
purslane C C P C C C N N P C N
sowthistle N C P N C C C N C P N
spurge, prostrate N C P C P N N N C C N
starthistle, yellow N N N C C N N C C N
thistle, Russian C C C P P C N N C C N
velvetleaf C C N C N P C N
PERENNIALS
Seedling
bermudagrass N N C C N P   N C C N C
bindweed, field P C N P N C N N C P N
dallisgrass N N N C N C N N C N C
johnsongrass C N C C N C N C C N C
Established
bermudagrass N N P N N N   N P C P
bindweed, field P C N N N N N N P N N
dallisgrass N N N N N N N N C N
fescue N C N N C
johnsongrass C N P N N N N C C N C
nutsedge, purple N N P N N N N N P N N
nutsedge, yellow N N P N N N N N P N N
C= control P= partial control N= no control = no information
CAR = carfentrazone (Shark)   ORY = oryzalin (Surflan)
FLA = fluazifop-p-butyl (Fusilade DX) OXY = oxyfluorfen (Goal, GoalTender)
FLU = flumioxazin (Chateau) PAR = paraquat (Gramoxone)
GLY = glyphosate (Roundup, Touchdown etc.) SET = sethoxydim (Poast)
ISO = isoxaben (Gallery) SIM = simazine (Princep)
NOR = norflurazon (Solicam)    
1 Considered to be a ground water contaminant and requires a use permit within Ground Water Protection Areas.
2 Contact with spray or drift can severely damage avocado.
3 For use on nonbearing trees only.
4 Some populations of rigid ryegrass, horseweed, and hairy fleabane) are resistant to glyphosate.
Text Updated: 09/16
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