It proved able to kill nearly 100% of seedlings with the exception of velvetleaf, which showed some resistance.

Mesotrione has been proven to be an effective preemergent herbicidal treatment for velvetleaf.

Hundreds of the hard velvetleaf seeds rattle off the combine's window while the milkweed wafts quickly away.

This is beneficial because atrazine is effective on many broadleaf weed species but does not effectively control velvetleaf.

The pods on low-lying milkweeds and the velvetleaf stalks, some higher than the corn, burst open as the combine grabs the weeds.

Since then, insects like the corn borer and weeds like Canadian thistle, foxtail and velvetleaf have taken their toll.

For example, lambsquarter, columbine, and velvetleaf will distract leaf miners, drawing them to those plants and therefore reducing the incidence of attack on nearby crops.

Since being introduced to North America in the 18th century, velvetleaf has become an invasive species in agricultural regions of the eastern and midwestern United States.

The Velvetleaf Abutilon (Abutilon theophrasti) in the family Malvaceae is also known by the common name of Buttonweed.

A few tall broadleaf weeds, such as ragweed, goosegrass, wild mustard, and buttonweed (velvetleaf), occasionally create a problem, as they complicate harvest and reduce yields.

So, last month, it went live with its own offering, www.roundupweed.monsanto.com, a site where visitors can compare the impact of herbicides on test plots of such weeds as velvetleaf and barnyard grass.

Abutilon theophrasti (Velvetleaf, China Jute, Buttonweed, Butterprint, Pie-marker, samuel eu bine or Indian Mallow) is an annual plant in the family Malvaceae, native to southern Asia.

Bejunco de Cerca, Butua, Cissampelos Pareira, False Pareira, Menispermaceae, Pareira, Patacon, Patha, Velvetleaf, Xi Sheng Teng.

Canadian Blueberry, Vaccinium myrtilloides, is also called Common Blueberry, Velvetleaf Huckleberry, Velvetleaf Blueberry, and Sourtop Blueberry.

Overall I think the nominations are a good bunch of choices, although I must admit I'm surprised that Garlic Mustard is up for Best Noxious Weed (I though it was pretty good but ultimately didn't live up to the hype) while Velvetleaf got snubbed.

Gaura mollis (velvetweed) Fresh or dried root chewed by medicine man before sucking snakebite and poultice applied to wound.

G. mollis James; Velvetweed, Velvety Gaura, Downy Gaura, or Smallflower Gaura) is a species of Gaura native to the central United States and northern Mexico, from Nebraska and Wyoming south to Durango and Nuevo Leon.

Spermacoce (or False Buttonweed) is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family.

These wasps feed on nectar as adults, with the shrubby false buttonweed (Spermacoce verticillata) preferred.

Many species of Diodia are transferred to a closely related genus Diodella, and therefore the name Buttonweed also applies to these species.

The small marsh flower Cotula coronopifolia (also spelled C. coronipifolia) bears the common names brass buttons, golden buttons, and buttonweed.

The Velvetleaf Abutilon (Abutilon theophrasti) in the family Malvaceae is also known by the common name of Buttonweed.

A few tall broadleaf weeds, such as ragweed, goosegrass, wild mustard, and buttonweed (velvetleaf), occasionally create a problem, as they complicate harvest and reduce yields.

Abutilon theophrasti (Velvetleaf, China Jute, Buttonweed, Butterprint, Pie-marker, samuel eu bine or Indian Mallow) is an annual plant in the family Malvaceae, native to southern Asia.

Abutilon theophrasti (Velvetleaf, China Jute, Buttonweed, Butterprint, Pie-marker, samuel eu bine or Indian Mallow) is an annual plant in the family Malvaceae, native to southern Asia.

Abutilon theophrasti (Velvetleaf, China Jute, Buttonweed, Butterprint, Pie-marker, samuel eu bine or Indian Mallow) is an annual plant in the family Malvaceae, native to southern Asia.

A number of species are pests in agriculture, including Abutilon theophrasti and Modiola caroliniana, and others that are garden escapes.

The Velvetleaf Abutilon (Abutilon theophrasti) in the family Malvaceae is also known by the common name of Buttonweed.

Abutilon theophrasti (Velvetleaf, China Jute, Buttonweed, Butterprint, Pie-marker, samuel eu bine or Indian Mallow) is an annual plant in the family Malvaceae, native to southern Asia.

No reliable source has settled the question of parentage for these plants, and they have been variously said to perhaps derive from the species Abutilon theophrasti, A. striatum, A. darwinii, A. pictum, or any of the South American species.