Pest Management
Numerous pests affect commercial vegetable production in New York. All stages of plant growth may be susceptible to insects or disease causing pathogens which may result in poor seedling emergence, reduced yields and quality issues. Similarly, weeds compete with vegetable crops for light, nutrients and water often reducing yields. Weeds can also act as a reservoir for insects and diseases. Weed seeds and other parts can be a contaminant of certain vegetable crops.
Weed Management
Rhizomatous Perennial Weed Control
Perennial rhizomatous weeds include Canada thistle, perennial sowthistle, field and hedge bindweeds, horsenettle, yellow nutsedge, and quackgrass. All of these weeds have running stems that go through the soil and have many buds along their length, called rhizomes. In the spring, some of those buds emerge as vigorous, troublesome shoots.
