The increasing prevalence of fall herbicide applications for control of winter annual weeds may indicate the awareness of the benefits that these applications provide. Fall applic­ations of herbicides may be the most effective timing to control a number of annual and perennial weeds, including some tough-to-control herbicide-resistant weeds like marestail.
 
Fields where weeds are managed in the fall are often the most weed-free in the spring. Elimination of weed growth ...