MSU Weeds.com Blog

-E. Hill (Taylor)

Field work is now well underway for most of our research plots on campus and around the state. Here is a sample of some early season photos…

Working ground for a non-crop study

We use Cub Cadet tractors for ~90% of our herbicide applications and mix onsite from our specially equipped truck

Cub driver #1 putting some PRE treatments on soybeans

Cub driver #2 (in training)

Rye after incorporation at the MSU Agronomy Farm…being prepared for year 3 of our organic dry bean production systems project

As part of a Northeast regional project we are looking at how cover crops affect weed seed decay. These are the temporary burial sites during field preparations

Weed seed bags for Northeast regional project

-E. Taylor

The MSU Weed Science group is please to be joined this summer by new graduate student Amanda Harden. Amanda began working with us as an undergraduate last summer and school year in the laboratory. She is currently finishing a B.S. in Crop and Soil Sciences at MSU, but to get a jump start on her M.S. she will begin her field project this summer looking at volunteer Roundup Ready corn in Roundup Ready sugarbeet. She will examine how different corn densities and removal timings impact sugarbeet yield and quality. Welcome Amanda!

-E. Taylor

This week the MSU weed science group welcomes new Ph.D. student David Powell. David recently completed his M.S. degree at Southern Illinois University. He will be working with Dr. Christy Sprague on glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth control and other weed management projects in soybeans.