Agriculture: Lettuce Pest Management Guidelines

Susceptibility of Weeds in Lettuce to Herbicide Control

Weeds Pages

	BEN	BSL	CAR	CLE	GLY	MET*	PAR*	PEL	PRO*	SET
ANNUAL WEEDS
Barnyardgrass	C	C	N	C	C	C	C	C	P	C
Bluegrass, annual	C	C	N	C	C	C	C	C	C	N
Burclover, California	N	N	—	—	C	P	P	—	P	N
Canarygrasses	P	C	N	C	C	C	C	—	C	C
Chickweed	C	P	P	N	C	C	C	C	C	N
Crabgrasses	C	C	N	C	C	C	C	—	C	C
Cupgrass	C	C	—	C	C	C	P	—	P	C
Fiddleneck	C	P	C	N	C	C	P	C	C	N
Goosefoot, nettleleaf	C	C	—	N	C	C	P	—	C	N
Groundcherries	N	N	C	N	C	P	C	—	P	N
Groundsel, common	N	N	—	N	C	C	C	C	N	N
Henbit	N	N	—	N	C	C	C	—	P	N
Junglerice	C	C	N	—	C	C	C	C	P	C
Knotweed, common	C	P	—	N	C	C	P	C	P	N
Lambsquarters, common	C	C	—	N	C	C	P	P	C	N
Lettuce, prickly	N	N	—	N	C	C	P	—	N	N
Mallows	N	N	C	N	P	P	N	P	P	N
Mustards	N	N	P	N	C	P	C	C	C	N
Nettle, burning	P	C	C	N	N	C	P	C	C	N
Nightshade, hairy	N	N	C	N	C	P	C	—	C	N
Oat, wild	P	N	N	C	C	C	P	—	C	C
Pigweeds	C	C	—	N	C	C	C	P	P	N
Purslane, common	C	C	N	N	C	C	C	C	C	N
Rocket, London	N	N	C	N	C	C	C	C	C	N
Shepherd's-Purse	N	N	P	N	C	C	C	C	C	N
Sowthistles	N	N	N	N	C	C	C	—	N	N
Sweetclovers	N	N	—	N	C	P	P	—	P	N
Swinecress, lesser	N	N	—	—	C	C	N	—	N	N
Volunteer cereals	N	N	N	C	C	C	P	—	C	P
PERENNIAL WEEDS
Nutsedge, Purple	N	N	N	N	P	N	N	N	N	N
Nutsedge, Yellow	N	N	N	N	P	P	N	N	N	N

C

= control

P

= partial control

N

= no control

—

= no information

Chemical Legend
BEN	= benefin (Balan)	MET	= metam sodium* (Vapam, etc.)
BSL	= bensulide (Prefar)	PAR	= paraquat* (Gramoxone)
CAR	= carfentrazone (Shark)	PEL	= pelargonic acid (Scythe)
CLE	= clethodim (Select Max)	PRO	= pronamide* (Kerb)
GLY	= glyphosate (Roundup)	SET	= sethoxydim (Poast)

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Text Updated: 04/17