Sentences with phrase «weed science»

The article, «An early - killed rye (Secale cereale) cover crop has potential for weed management in edamame (Glycine max),» is published in Weed Science.

Researchers writing in the latest edition of the journal Weed Science are providing new insights into the control of herbicide - resistant kochia, a weed that competes with both dryland and irrigated crops across the Great Plains states.

In: Proceedings of the 7th International Weed Science Congress, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague.

«Dodder seems to turn on the expression of these microRNAs when it comes into contact with the host plant,» said James H. Westwood, professor of plant pathology, physiology, and weed science at Virginia Tech and another author of the paper.

GM crops that tolerate herbicides deserve some praise: They help minimize mechanical weed removal, which means less soil erosion, more carbon stored in the soil and fewer carbon emissions from tilling equipment making trips across fields, scientists noted in 2012 in a special issue of Weed Science focused on herbicide - resistance management.

The school would combine the departments of Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences; Horticulture; and Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science under one roof that will allow the college to make new investments to increase capacity and tackle the many challenges in agriculture and food security, the green industry, plant biology, and the environment.

In a greenhouse on the campus of Purdue University, Chad Brabham, a soft - spoken grad student in weed science, selects two pots, each holding one 18 - inch - high plant, bearing serrated, three - lobed leaves on a coarse stem.

«Managing crop pests without fully understanding the impacts of tactics — related to resistance and nontarget plants or insects — costs producers money,» said Antonio DiTommaso, professor of soil and crop science and lead author of a new study, «Integrating Insect, Resistance and Floral Resource Management in Weed Control Decision - Making,» in the journal Weed Science (October - December 2016).

During a weed science presentation, NMSU weed scientist Jill Schroeder said weeds are often overlooked as a critical issue for chile growers since weeds are always present in the field.

While the choice of Clovis is clearly a break from past administrations, the most important qualification may be a good understanding of agriculture and the workings of the federal land grant college system, where much of the publicly supported research is done, said Lee Van Wychen, science policy director for the Weed Science Society of America.

She has received two awards from the Weed Science Society of America for outstanding papers published in Weed Science — one in 2007 and another in 2012.

The European Weed Research Society promotes and co-ordinates research into all aspects of weed science.

The WSSA is a professional organization of scientists from universities, industry and government agencies across the United States and Canada who are interested in weed science.

A study by experts with the Weed Science Society of America showed that corn and soybean yields would be cut by about 50 percent if weed control measures were not implemented in the United States and Canada.

The research, conducted by the Weed Science Society of America and led by Kansas State University professor Anita Dille, spanned seven years from 2007 to 2013.

«The big news is that we now have evidence of a function for RNA that is being exchanged between dodder and its quarry,» said Jim Westwood, professor of plant pathology, physiology, and weed science in Virginia Tech's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, an author of the paper.

Jim Westwood, professor of plant pathology, physiology, and weed science, examines dodder, a parasitic plant with a covert weaponry system.

In the last year, Greg MacDonald, a weed science researcher with the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, decided to give the method a try to combat nutsedge, a weed that looks like grass and is so resilient it can sprout up through plastic row - crop coverings and even the plastic lining of above - ground pools.

When the same herbicide is applied to the same area year after year, overuse can lead to evolved resistance, as it does with antibiotics, says William Vencill of the University of Georgia, coauthor with Mallory - Smith of a paper in the Weed Science special issue.

Weed Science: Special Issue 2012.

Maxwell was instrumental in the formation of the Department of LRES and has received national awards for outstanding teaching, best peer reviewed papers and outstanding graduate student from the Weed Science Society of America.

«My background is in weed science and I grew up on a farm in southern Illinois, so while the principles of weed science will be the same, I'm excited for this new opportunity to learn new crops and weeds found here in Texas,» Nolte said.

Nolte earned his bachelor's degree in plant soil science, master's degree in weed science and doctorate degree in biotechnology and weed science, all from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois.

Universities should work with funding bodies to reverse the decline in subjects relevant to a sustainable intensification of food crop production, such as agronomy, plant physiology, pathology and general botany, soil science, environmental microbiology, weed science and entomology.

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