Faculty Bio
Jhala honored with Gamma Sigma Delta Extension Award of Merit
Nebraska's Amit Jhala Receives Outstanding Reviewer Award
Jhala Receives National Early Career Outstanding Weed Scientist Award
Jhala Receives Young Scientist Award from North Central Weed Science Society of America
Corn Establishment and Growth in Saturated Soils: A Brief Review of New Research
May 31, 2019
How long can seedling corn survive under flooded conditions? A review of current scientific literature offers new understandings of when and how plant injury occurs and what factors affect it.
Control of Glyphosate-Resistant Marestail with Post-Emergence Herbicides in Corn and Soybean
May 29, 2019
Several post-emergence herbicides are available for control of marestail where spring weather may have interfered with application or efficacy of early spring burndown and/or pre-emergence herbicide applications.
Glyphosate-Resistant Palmer Amaranth Field Day July 10
June 7, 2019
Jason Norsworthy, a weed scientist from the University of Arkansas, will be the keynote speaker at this year's Glyphosate-Resistant Palmer Amaranth Management Field Day on Wednesday, July 10, near Carleton.
South Central Weed Management Field Day is June 26
May 14, 2019
On-site demonstrations of herbicides for weed control in corn, popcorn, and soybean and a study on terminating cereal rye before and after planting soybean are among those to be featured at the university's South Central Agricultural Laboratory near Clay Center.
Tavium: A New Premix of Dicamba and S-Metolachlor is Labeled
April 25, 2019
A new dicamba-based herbicide, Tavium, has been approved for use in Roundup Ready 2 Xtend soybean (dicamba/glyphosate-resistant soybean). Like the other dicamba-based soybean herbicides, it requires special training before it can be used.
Planting Interval of Corn, Soybean, and Sorghum after 2,4-D or Dicamba Burndown Application
April 18, 2019
With flood, cold, and wet conditions in March/April, many producers are facing a smaller than expected window for making their burndown herbicide applications and should carefully consider required planting intervals when selecting which product to use in which crop.
Which Dicamba Product Should I Use as a Burndown Before Planting Soybean?
April 16, 2019
Several growers have asked: Can dicamba products such as Banvel, Clarity, and DiFlexx be applied to terminate broadleaf cover crop species and broadleaf weeds immediately before planting soybean?
CropWatch Podcast on Spring Burndown Applications
March 22, 2019
On the latest Nebraska CropWatch podcast Extension Educator Michael Sindelar interviews Weed Specialist Amit Jhala about factors to address with burndown herbicide applications.