We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Pigweed might sound like the villain of a farm-themed fairy tale, ...

Help can’t arrive fast enough for corn and soybean farmers who routinely battle Palmer amaranth (pigweed) or waterhemp, especially those with resistance to currently available herbicide ...

Officials noted it also brings attention to the pigweed plant, a distinctive species found in the Texas Panhandle which transforms into a tumbleweed when it matures and is carried by the wind.

“Farmers, for the most part, are doing what the experts are telling them and taking a ‘zero tolerance’ approach to pigweed, but it also includes killing everything else.” Smith farms 3,000 ...

A study reveals complete chromosome-level genomes for Palmer and two other Amaranthus species, smooth and redroot pigweed. The advancement represents a major leap in scientists' understanding of ...

Researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and partners have produced complete, chromosome-level genomes for Palmer amaranth, smooth and redroot pigweed. The reference genomes expose ...