• WSSA Innovative Grants Program – Call for Proposals
  

  The WSSA is accepting proposals from members for consideration in providing seed money to explore innovative ideas in any area of the weed science discipline. Proposals should involve something that WSSA currently does not fund and should be innovative in … more »

• Nation’s Top Weed Scientists Recognized by Their Peers
  

  WESTMINSTER, Colorado – May 2, 2022 – The Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) and its affiliates have recently singled out a dozen of the nation’s most accomplished weed scientists for Fellows Awards – a recognition honoring their outstanding contributions … more »

• 2022 WSSA Travel Enrichment Experience Award
  

  Purpose: The Travel Enrichment Experience (TEE) will provide an opportunity for WSSA graduate students to participate in a five-day, four-night educational experience with professionals in a different WSSA region. Student Application Deadline: Mayank Malik (mayank.malik@bayer.com) must receive applications by May … more »

• Study Points to Possible Improvements in the Weed Scouting Technologies
  

  WESTMINSTER, Colorado –March 21, 2022 – Detecting and identifying weeds early in the growing season is fundamental to effective weed control. Doing so allows growers to develop targeted, site-specific management plans that reduce crop loss and minimize the need for … more »

• Waterhemp Population Exhibits Resistance to Dicamba
  

  WESTMINSTER, Colorado – December 29, 2021 – Waterhemp is one of the most troublesome agronomic weeds in the midwestern U.S., where it has rapidly evolved resistance to multiple herbicides. One example: An Illinois waterhemp population has exhibited resistance to six … more »

• Study Shows Socioeconomic Factors Can Influence the Spread of Invasive Plants
  

  WESTMINSTER, Colorado – September, 2021 – Predicting the spread of nonnative plants that have the potential to become invasive may seem like an unachievable goal. But research featured in the journal Invasive Plant Science and Management shows important, predictive clues … more »

• Deteriorating weed control and variable weather portends greater soybean yield losses in the future
• Think Climate Change is bad for corn? Add weeds to the equation
  

  URBANA, Ill. – By the end of the century, scientists expect climate change to reduce corn yield significantly, with some estimating losses up to 28%. But those calculations are missing a key factor that could drag corn yields down even … more »

• Attack of the Superweeds: Herbicides are losing the war — and agriculture might never be the same again.
  

  Click on the link below for the article  https://wssa.net/wp-content/uploads/NYT-Magazine_Attack-of-the-Superweeds_Aug-22-2021.pdf

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