Herbicide tool available to growers

A new tool has been developed which allows growers to see active ingredients in herbicide used in wheat and barley production.

According to a WSU Extension Spokane news release, the Herbicide Mechanisms of Action (MOA) tool allows growers to search a database that includes herbicide trade names, active ingredients, mechanisms of action and Washington weed species with confirmed resistance to one or more herbicides.

“Growers can search by trade name to find out what active ingredient(s) are in a herbicide product, what mechanism(s) of action the active ingredient(s) represent, what chemical fam...