GROWING a mungbean crop could be an excellent way to get on top of feathertop Rhodes grass, a highly competitive and difficult to control summer weed.
Feathertop Rhodes grass competes strongly and produces masses of seed if it gains a foothold in a mungbean crop. Image courtesy WeedSmart.
Research led by Professor Bhagirath Chauhan at the University of Queensland, has shown that both windmill grass and feathertop Rhodes grass can greatly reduce yield in mungbean, yet both weed species
Harvest weed seed control can make a difference to reducing the impact of species like brome grass.
Control serrated tussock before seed set
Weed support gets Katter in prickly mood
