This year we have been using every window of opportunity to get our major weed control studies planted. This is the first year we have gotten corn in during April, ever. We also had an early opportunity to get the bulk of our soybean studies planted this week. Many of our studies have treatements with …
-E. Hill Today the Weed Science Society of America released an article about women in weed science, which is particularly relevant since there are two women professors in weed science here at Michigan State University along with two staff members and several graduate students trained in the discipline. Please take time to read the article at …
Last week the majority of our weed science research team attended the annual Weed Science Society of America meeting in Lexington, KY. We are pleased to report that in the first ever graduate student competition both of our graduate students placed. Jonathan Kohrt tool 1st place amongst the Ph.D. candidate posters and Amanda Goffnett placed …
For the 4th year running, our weed science team had a pumpkin carving contest to celebrate Halloween. Pumpkins were displayed on Oct. 31 in the Plant and Soil Sciences Building, where anyone was allowed to vote for their favorite. This year’s winning pumpkin belonged to graduate student Victoria Ackroyd. Congratulations on an awesome design! 2014 …
-E. Hill We have put all of our extension and research findings related to organic weed management now in one place at MSUweeds.com called “Organic options“. In this section you will find: Extension materials (that have resulted from our research and work with area farmers) Peer reviewed publications relating to organic weed management Presented research …