S6 E4 - Harvest Weed Seed Control

This week on the War Against Weeds Podcast Alyssa and Sarah discuss weed control failures with Dr. Peter Sikkema (@psikkema1) who recently retired from the University of Guelph.

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This week Joe and Alyssa are joined by Dr. Brian Mealor from the University of Wyoming with another exciting episode about weed control in rangelands. This week they talk specifically about broadleaf weeds including leafy spurge, yellow toadflax, purple loosestrife and many many others. 

Interested in a summer internship in Wyoming? Check out our social media to see a flyer with more information.

Other links mentioned in the episode:

https://www.invasivegrasses.com/

https://www.uwyo.edu/plantsciences/department-directory/mealor-brian.html

Alyssa and Joe chat with Bill Johnson from Purdue University about poison hemlock, and other plants from the parsley family. 

This week on the War Against Weeds Podcast Joe and Sarah chat with Tommy Butts about herbicide burndowns in no-till fields. An Arkansas, Kansas, and North Dakota perspective on burning down weeds prior to or after planting. 

Some links Tommy mentioned in the episode: 

https://www.uaex.uada.edu/farm-ranch/pest-management/weed/default.aspx

https://ag.purdue.edu/btny/purdueweedscience/

Tommy Butts on Twitter/X: @weedsARwild

Sarah and Alyssa chat with Dustyn Sawall about herbicide formulations. Dustyn works as a principle chemist for Winfield United and really gets “into the weeds” about the behind the scenes work and ideas that go into formulating the herbicides that make it to the market. 

Sarah and Joe chat with Dr. Dean Riechers from Univeristy of Illinois about safeners. What they are, how they are used and potential future uses!

This week’s topic is ~isomers~ Join Sarah and Alyssa as they sit down with Mark Kitt, a Technical Product Lead with Syngenta to chat about herbicide formulations.

This week on the War Against Weeds Podcast Alyssa and Joe chat with Marty Williams and Christopher Landau about glyphosate resistance in North America.  

The Silver Bullet That Wasn’t: Rapid Agronomic Weed Adaptations to glyphosate in North America

Here is a link to the article:  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10697415/

 We are BACK with our first episode of season 7! This week all three hosts chat with 3 farmers from the Midwest about their weed management programs and experiences. Our guests include Mike Langseth from North Dakota, Rick Clifton from Ohio, and Scott Gigstad from Kansas.

Tune in to our last episode of the season, where Alyssa and Joe chat with Dr. Jim Westwood and Dr. Claude dePamphilis about parasitic plants. (Including mistletoe, among many others!)

Some links mentioned in the episode: 

https://spes.vt.edu/faculty-staff/faculty/westwood-james.html

https://www.huck.psu.edu/people/claude-depamphilis