By Derek Albert
LSU AgCenter
Weed scientists with the LSU AgCenter are focusing on a pair of herbicides as promising products to control broadleaf weeds and sedge in rice fields.
AgCenter research associate Connor Webster said the two products, Loyant and Gambit, are known for their broad-spectrum weed control characteristics.
They are being put to the test with application timing trials. Researchers are exploring the herbicides’ efficacies when they are applied before the seeding flood, after the flood directly on the seed and on the one-leaf pegging rice timing.