The host plant, site, environment and similar considerations dictate what combination of controls can be implemented properly and safely. Control treatments may need to be repeated to overcome an infestation. Scouting potentially infested fields aids control success. Map the size and location of infestations. Note control progress by re-scouting on a regular basis.
Healthy plants have a greater tolerance to the parasite.
Crop rotation with non-host plants for five years will minimize the infestation of dodder seed in the soil. Any grass plant, including small grains and corn, is a suitable non-host crop. Mechanical Burning has been used effectively, but care must be taken to avoid serious damage to the forage plants. Two passes with a weed burner about two to four days apart will wilt and then kill the plant. Some forage loss will result, but regrowth should still occur.