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NEW Extension Bulletin: Keys to distinguishing Palmer amaranth from other species

Wednesday, March 27th, 2013

-E. Taylor

Today we just posted an extension bulletin to MSUweeds.com to help distinguish among the pigweed species currently found in Michigan. Species we currently have include:

  • Powell amaranth
  • Redroot pigweed
  • Smooth pigweed
  • Palmer amaranth
  • Waterhemp

Some of these species in Michigan have been confirmed to be resistant to different herbicides (e.g. glyphosate and ALS inhibitors), so confirming the identity of your weed may be critical to the strategies needed for control.

Check out “Keys to distinguishing Palmer amaranth from other species” at MSUweeds.com.

Posted in Extension, Herbicide Resistance, Summer Annuals | No Comments »

2013 Weed Control Guide for Field Crops

Tuesday, February 19th, 2013

-E. Taylor

We have just posted the 2013 Weed Control Guide for Field Crops (E-434)…enjoy!

Posted in Crops, Extension, Herbicide Resistance, Herbicides, Weeds | No Comments »

New video featuring Saginaw Valley Research and Extension Center

Monday, January 21st, 2013

-E. Taylor

This new video from AgBioResearch highlights the importance of facilities, like the Saginaw Valley Research and Extension Center in Frankenmuth for improving Michigan agriculture. Keep an eye out for some of your favorite weed scientists in the video.

Posted in Dry bean, Extension, Field Days, Soybean, Sugar beet, Videos, Wheat | No Comments »

AutumnFest 2012

Wednesday, November 21st, 2012

-E. Taylor

Last Saturday the 37th Annual AutumnFest was held by the MSU College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. AutumnFest is an opportunity for Spartans and their friends and families to visit with CANR departments, student groups, and MI agricultural industry leaders. This year I was able to attend with Dr. Karen Renner to run the Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences booth. It was a great chance to meet some new faces and them about our recently merged departments (i.e. Crop and Soil Sciences and Plant Pathology). We were even fortunate to be visited by Sparty in the flesh (well…in the foam stuffing).

Karen Renner, SPARTY, and Erin Taylor at the 2012 AutumnFest

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KBS Organic Field Tour

Wednesday, September 19th, 2012

-E. Taylor

KBS Organic Field Day Sept 18 2012 (10)

Yesterday the Kellogg Biological Station hosted a tour highlighting the organic research going on at the station. I had the opportunity to show off our study looking at how cover crops influence organic dry beans. For 2012 the KBS location has thus far showed an advantage to having a large rye cover crop by preserving soil moisture. Beans in the rye plots emerged earlier and more uniformly than the other cover crop treatments. Through out the season the beans planted in rye plots were further along in maturity than others and are now drying down, while the other beans are just starting to turn yellow. We will see if the beans planted following rye had a yield advantage in this very dry year when we harvest in about 2 weeks.

Other highlights on the tour were the rye and hairy vetch segregated cover crop study  looking to improve nitrogen availability for sweet corn production (Caroline Lowry and Daniel Brainard), the organic soybean variety trial (Dale Mutch and Dan Rossman), and a study looking at greenhouse gas emissions in conventional and organic rotations (Dean Baas).

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