North Dakota State University www.ag.ndsu.edu Crops Family-Youth-4-H Economics-Community-Leadership Home-Lawn-Garden-Trees Environment-Natural Resources Energy Livestock Nutrition-Food Safety-Health
 
NDSU Extension Service

ProCrop 


Nightshade Control in Crops

Nightshade control in small grains:

POST herbicides: 2,4-D, Aim, Bromoxynil, Bromoxynil + MCPA, Curtail, Curtail M, dicamba, WideMatch.

Nightshade control in corn:

PPI, PRE herbicides: Products containing acetochlor, Atrazine, Balance, Pro, Hornet, Lumax, Outlook, and Python.

POST herbicides: Aim, Accent Gold, Basis Gold, Callisto, dicamba, Distinct, Hornet, bromoxynil, Liberty (Liberty resistant corn), Lightning (Clearfield corn), and glyphosate (RUR Corn).

Nightshade control in soybean/dry bean:

PPI and PRE herbicides:

Soybean: Gangster, Outlook, Python, Spartan, and Valor.

Dry bean: EPTC, Outlook, Sonalan (suppression)

POST herbicides:

Soybean: Cobra, Flexstar, Pursuit, Raptor, Ultra Blazer.
Glyphosate and Extreme (Roundup Ready Soybeans).

Dry bean: Pursuit, Raptor, and Reflex

Notes: Basagran may control hairy nightshade but not eastern black nightshade; Basagran, Ultra Blazer, and Cobra control only small nightshade. Flexstar/Reflex gives poor hairy nightshade control. Only Python, Extreme  and Pursuit gives residual control of multiple flushes but these herbicides may restrict seeding of some crops one or more years after application.


Nightshade control in sugarbeet:

PPI and PRE herbicides: Eptam, Outlook, Norton, and Ro-Neet.

POST herbicides: Single or multiple applications of  Stinger alone or in combination with Betanex/Betamix/Progress + Upbeet.  Alternative control: inter-row cultivation, and hand weeding.

Nightshade Control in potato:

PPI and PRE herbicides: Eptam, metolachlor + Sencor, Matrix (eastern black and hairy nightshade only), and Outlook.

POST herbicides: Matrix (eastern black and hairy nightshade only).

For more information see the Weed Control Guide  North Dakota Weed Control Guide

Back to Nightshades - Special Weeds Menu
Back to Special Weeds Menu
Back to Main ProCrop Index

Further contact information