Agriculture: Peppers Pest Management Guidelines

Susceptibility of Winter Weeds in Peppers to Herbicide Control

BEFORE PLANTING PREEMERGENCE OR PREPLANT INCORPORATED AFTER PLANTING
CAR OXY PAR* PEL GLY MEO MET* NAP BEN TRI CAR CLE HAL PEL PEN SET
ANNUAL WEEDS
barley, hare N P P C P C C P C N C C P
bluegrass, annual N P P C C C C C C C N C N C C N
canarygrass N P P C C C C C C N C C C
burclover, California P P P P P N N N
crabgrasses N N C C C C C C C N C C C
cudweeds N N C N P P N N N N N
fiddlenecks C C P C C N C C N C C N C C N
filarees C P P P N C C N P N P N N
foxtails N N C C C C C C C N C C C
henbit C C C C P N P N C N
knotweed, common P P C P N C C C C N C C N
lettuce, prickly C P C N C C N N N P N N
London rocket C C C C C N C P N N C N C P N
miner's lettuce C C C C C P C N
mustards P C C C C N C P N N P N P C P N
nettles C C C P C C P N P C N P N N
oats, wild N P P C N C C N P N C P C
pineapple-weed P P C C P N N N N N
polypogon, rabbitfoot N P C C C C C C C N C C
radish, wild P C P C N C P N N P N P N N
redmaids (desert rockpurslane) C C C C N P C N
ryegrass N N P C C C C P C N C C C
shepherd's-purse P P C C C P C P N N P N C C P N
sowthistles N C C C P C C N N N N P N N
sweetclover N P P P N P N N N N N
Chemical Legend
BEN = bensulide (Prefar) NAP = napropamide (Devrinol)
CAR = carfentrazone (Shark) OXY = oxyfluorfen (GoalTender)
CLE = clethodim (Select Max) PAR = paraquat* (Gramoxone SL 2.0)
GLY = glyphosate (Roundup) PEL = pelargonic acid (Scythe)
HAL = halosulfuron (Sandea) PEN = pendimethalin (Prowl H2O)
MEO = S-metolachlor (Dual Magnum) SET = sethoxydim (Poast)
MET = metam sodium* (various trade names) TRI = trifluralin (Treflan)
Comments
* Permit required from county agricultural commissioner for purchase or use.
1 Treatment must occur year before planting; not when peppers are in field.
Text Updated: 12/09
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