WSSA Cautions Against Poor Choices That Can Spread Invasive Weeds
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Some of North America’s most troublesome invasive weeds owe their origins to poor decisions, inattention, or a lack of understanding of the potential risks that non-native plants can represent. Even public organizations haven’t been immune – embarking on ill-informed planting initiatives that have triggered new invasions.
“When we intentionally or unintentionally plant species that originate outside the region where we live, we run the risk of introducing weedy invaders that can harm our environment, our economy and even human health.” WESTMINSTER, Colo. (PRWEB) January 26, 2021 Last year many people across the U.S. and Canada received unsolicited packets of seed believed to originate in China. Scientists with the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) were among those to raise the alarm and say the seeds shouldn’t be pla
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Over the years, I have noticed many a farmer sleeping during some of my colleagues’ presentations at county production meetings,
especially presentations by another UGA weed specialist and a certain plant pathologist.
That said, one of the challenges for an old weed scientist like me is to try to make the discipline of weed science (biology + chemistry + plant physiology + agronomy) interesting, understandable and applicable on the farm. I still might overuse technical jargon that I assume everybody else in the room knows. That is a bad assumption on my part.
WSSA and Affiliated Science Societies Share Plans for 2021 Virtual Annual Meetings
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The Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) and two of its regional affiliates released details on their upcoming virtual annual meetings – each focused on research, innovations and best practices in weed control. WESTMINSTER, Colo. (PRWEB) January 13, 2021 Today the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) and two of its regional affiliates released details on their upcoming virtual annual meetings – each focused on research, innovations and best practices in weed control.
Details are below, listed in chronological order. Southern Weed Science Society (SWSS), January 25-26, 2021
First up will be the SWSS annual meeting, based on the theme “Moving Obstacles.” The session will kick off on January 25 with a day of virtual talks by student weed scientists. A general session on January 26 will feature speakers
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Scientists are inching closer to finding genes that could control two of the nation s most aggressive weeds, Palmer amaranth and waterhemp.
Finding the right genes, researchers say, could enable new methods of genetic control for the weeds, which in many places have developed herbicide resistance. This research â it s exciting. I m excited. It could be huge for agriculture. But it s still in its infancy. We have a long way to go before we get to fruition, said Pat Tranel, lead researcher and associate head of the University of Illinois Department of Crop Sciences.
The Weed Science Society of America ranks Palmar amaranth, which can grow 1 to 3 inches a day and reach 6 to 10 feet tall at maturity, as the most troublesome weed in the U.S. A single plant can produce 200,000 seeds. USDA reports show Palmer amaranth, and waterhemp, another pigweed species, have had devastating economic impacts on farms.