{"id":28329,"date":"2019-05-14T11:00:44","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T15:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hortcouncil.ca\/?p=28329"},"modified":"2019-05-14T11:00:44","modified_gmt":"2019-05-14T15:00:44","slug":"guest-post-resistant-weed-testing-is-available-for-horticulture-growers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fvgc.ca\/fr\/2019\/05\/14\/guest-post-resistant-weed-testing-is-available-for-horticulture-growers\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest post: Resistant Weed Testing Is Available for Horticulture Growers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by Kristen Obeid, OMAFRA Weed Management Specialist<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Herbicide resistant weeds are not unique anymore, they are the\nnorm.&nbsp; When I ask growers how many believe they have herbicide resistant\nweeds on their farm, more than 70 per cent of the hands in the room go up.&nbsp; Then I ask \u2013 how many people have tested\ntheir suspected populations?&nbsp; And not a\nsingle hand goes up.&nbsp; I always wonder\nwhy?&nbsp; In the past testing a weed for\nherbicide resistance could take up to a year, now we can do it in under 2 weeks\nand the service will be free, at least for the foreseeable future. &nbsp;So, there is absolutely no excuse not to get\nyour weeds tested. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why is it so important to get your weeds tested?&nbsp; It\u2019s simple, the number and distribution of\nherbicide resistant weeds in Canada is increasing rapidly in all crops and the cases\nof multiple resistances (weed biotypes resistant to more than one group of\nherbicides) are becoming more common.&nbsp; Currently,\nthere are 12 genetic quick tests that can be used to determine target site\nresistance in specific weeds to specific groups of herbicides and more are in\ndevelopment.&nbsp; These tests can be\ncompleted in under 2 weeks.&nbsp; Having\ndiagnostic tests available to quickly confirm the presence of herbicide\nresistant weeds will improve the timeliness of management and prevent the\nspread, which will increase the life time of current herbicides for as long as\npossible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our only defense against herbicide resistant weed species is to scout\nfor and test suspected populations, as soon as, possible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you would like to get you suspected herbicide resistant weeds tested.&nbsp; Please contact me.&nbsp; <strong>Kristen Obeid, OMAFRA Weed Management Specialist for Horticulture Crops<\/strong> on twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/WeedProfesh\">@WeedProfesh<\/a>, by email: <a href=\"mailto:kristen.obeid@ontario.ca\">kristen.obeid@ontario.ca<\/a> or text or cell 519-965-0107<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This work is being completed by a large team that includes AAFC weed\nscientists: Dr. Martin Laforest, Dr. Robert Nurse, Dr. Eric Page, Dr. Marie-Jos\u00e9e\nSimard, AAFC technicians: Brahim Soufiane, Kerry Bosveld, Sydney Meloche, MAPAQ\nPest Diagnostic Lab, Antoine Dionne and Kristen Obeid, OMAFRA<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Kristen Obeid, OMAFRA Weed Management Specialist Herbicide resistant weeds are not unique anymore, they are the norm.&nbsp; When I ask growers how many believe they have herbicide resistant weeds on their farm, more than 70 per cent of the hands in the room go up.&nbsp; Then I ask \u2013 how many people have tested [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":28331,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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