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- WSSA Advocates for Weed Controls That Protect Soybean Export Value
WESTMINSTER, Colorado – August 27, 2018 – Experts from the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) will attend the 2018 Farm Progress show in Boone, Iowa, this week to highlight system-wide strategies for protecting soybean export values by reducing weed … more »
- WSSA Spotlights State-Level Strategies in the Battle Against Noxious Weeds
WESTMINSTER, Colorado – August 1, 2018 – Today the Weed Science Society of America is introducing a new fact sheet featuring state-level strategies in the battle against noxious weeds – those plants known for their negative impact on public health, agriculture, recreation, wildlife or property. Once a weed is classified as noxious at the more »
- Report from Research Workshop on the Off-Target Movement of Dicamba Made Available by WSSA
Report from Research Workshop on the Off-Target Movement of Dicamba Made Available by WSSA WESTMINSTER, Colorado – July 20, 2018 – Today the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) announced that a report from a recent research workshop on the … more »
New Featured Articles from WSSA Journals
- Research Focuses on Factors that Fuel New Plant Invasions
Which environmental factors are most important to the establishment of new plants of invasive species? Is it seed dispersal from existing plants? Canopy disturbance? Disturbance to the soil or leaf litter? more »
- Researchers Document the Role Rainfall Plays in Organic Weed Control
Organic growers can face tough challenges when it comes to weed control. But new research published in the journal Weed Science shows weather conditions and well-timed cultural management techniques can make a big difference. more »
- New Study Shows Timing is an Important Factor in Auxin Damage
With the introduction of crops engineered for resistance to the auxin herbicides, concern has soared about unintentional injury to auxin-sensitive crops through off-target spray drift, volatility more »
Weeds in the News
These news items are not positions nor the scientific conclusions of the Weed Science Society of America
- Seed Destructor Technology Next Step in War on Weeds
For decades, the fight against weeds in Arkansas agriculture – barnyardgrass and Palmer amaranth, in particular – has been an ongoing war of attrition as weed populations gradually acquire resistance to one herbicidal chemistry after another. more »
- This Towering Plant Is Invading the US, and It’s Causing Serious Sunburns
The giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) is a towering weed that can cause vision loss and intense burns. But no, this poisonous plant doesn’t come from Professor Sprout’s botany syllabus at Hogwarts; instead, it’s very real and was recently identified more »
- Alliant Energy Has Goats-For-Hire Plan for Weed Control
If the town of Beloit gives its blessing, Alliant Energy plans to hire a herd of goats to munch on buckthorn, garlic mustard and other invasive plants on a 10-acre plot at Alliant’s Riverside Energy Center. more »