The last samplings for the 2020 monitoring are about to begin
This year we again visited 1300 fields during our weed and resistance monitoring. Part of the monitoring is determining the resistance situation of different field weeds in Germany. Most of the agricultural areas were already part of the monitoring last year, so that we now have two-year data and can identify trends in infestation for…
Upcoming resistance monitoring 2020
The second week of our monitoring for 2020 is about to begin. Just like last year, around 1000 fields across Germany are being sampled again for resistant grass weeds and weeds. We particularly want to re-sample fields that were already added to our database in 2019. This helps us to better evaluate the development of…
Agris42 at the 29. Unkrauttagung (Weed Conference) in Braunschweig
From 3-5 March the biennial working meeting on issues of weed biology and control took place in Braunschweig. We were part of the 200 participants and presented our work and initial results. Our lecture dealt with our monitoring program and initial analyzes of the resistance situation in redroot, wind grass, brome, and ryegrass. In addition…
Subsidies from the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg for our resistance analysis
The Ministry of Economics, Labor and Housing of the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg has approved the innovation vouchers A & B for the practical implementation of resistance research. We used the money to carry out resistance analysis in the greenhouse, with the help of which we develop solutions for agricultural practice and advice to farmers on…
The current resistance situation in Germany
Herbicide resistance poses an increasing problem for agriculture. More and more farmers are forced to recognize that the herbicides they have been using for years are no longer providing the desired results. Farmers have known for a long time that weeds and grass weeds are a growing problem. Up to now, however, there was no…
Overall resistance analysis
Overall resistance analysis Risk management for herbicide-resistant weeds can be a burdensome organizational problem for agricultural businesses with a lot of acreage. Therefore we offer an overall farm analysis with which the cultivation planning can be protected against undesirable consequences of resistance and financial failure. Since we are a new company, we have the advantage…