1. Peanut Weed Management Where are we headed? Eric P. Prostko Extension Weed Specialist University of Georgia Tifton December 2002

2. Famous Predictions u“I think there is a world market for maybe 5 computers.” Thomas Watson, Chairman - IBM (1943) u“We don’t like their sound (Beatles), and guitar music is on the way out.” Decca Recording Co. (1962) u “640K ought to be enough for anybody.” Bill Gates (1981)

3. We have had a few good years!! u Cadre - 1996 u Select - 1998 u Strongarm - 2000 u Valor - 2001 u 22% of active ingredients since 1996 Not bad for a minor crop!!!!

4. What’s in the pipeline?? u not much. It is getting very dry. u Spartan u Cobra u Will they ever make it? u Do we need them?

5. What do the growers want/need? u cheaper weed control strategies u $25 weed control (Is it possible?) u Why? 4 r eductions in peanut price (2002 Farm Bill) 4 34% of operating costs spent on agri- chemicals

6. Where does that leave us? u make do with what we got u 18 active ingredients u new uses for older products u combinations u reduced rates u cultivation

7. The Peanut Weed Control Toolbox

8. New Uses for Older Products u currently PPI or PRE u What about POST? 4 bristly starbur 4 common ragweed 4 cocklebur 4 morningglory 4 others

9. Herbicide Combinations u compliment each other u lower rates 4 reduced cost 4 less carryover? u more research u different MOA

10. Hophornbeam Copperleaf Control Randolph County, GA - 2001 6 WAT Untreated Strongarm (0.45 ozs/A) Valor (3 ozs/A) Strongarm 0.113 ozs + Valor 0.75 ozs/A

11. Weed control in peanuts with reduced rates of Strongarm and Valor, 2002. Untreated Strongarm 0.45 oz/A Valor 3 oz/A Strongarm 0.113 oz/A + Valor 0.75 oz/A Attapulgus, GA (7 WAP)

12. Reduced Rates u already being done u 50% price reduction did not stop this u we know it can work u not the answer to cotton rotations u Can we get better at it?

13. Response of Weeds to Various Cadre Rates in Georgia Webster et al. 1997 Applied EPOST (C-2LF)

14. What about cultivation? u has been on the decline u depends upon fuel prices u twin rows? u strip tillage? u disease problems? 4 Abound/Folicur Source: UGA Extension Agent Surveys Peanut Cultivation

15. Herbicide Resistant Weeds u will get worse before it gets better u ALS resistance confirmed u probably have DNA resistance u continued/increased use of glyphosate u Do we have a plan?

16. University of Georgia Extension Weed Science (gaweed.com)