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Research to probe weeds for genetic treasure
International project hopes to develop high-quality genome maps for some of the world’s most costly and invasive species
Chemical manufacturers, life science companies and scientists specializing in weed biology and genomics are teaming up to learn more about the genetic makeup of some of the world’s most ubiquitous and costly weeds. The International Weed Genomics Consortium will be led by weed scientists at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colo., and will involve […] Read more
Researcher gets into plants’ heads
U of A scientist tries understanding what makes plants tick in an effort to make them natural weed killers
An Alberta researcher wants to figure out if farmers can tap into the fighting abilities of their crops and use that to benefit the farm. The benefits could mean higher yields, fewer inputs and fewer weeds, according to JC Cahill, a biological sciences professor with the University of Alberta. Cahill discussed this idea during the […] Read more
Study finds kochia stays close to home
MEDICINE HAT — They aren’t cowboys, but they do drift along with tumbleweeds. And sometimes they run. Agriculture Canada researchers Bob Blackshaw and Hugh Beckie have assigned their graduate students to chase tumbleweeds as part of research in Lethbridge and Scott, Sask. The scientists wanted to know how far and how much kochia, a tumbleweed […] Read more
Weed sampling shows increasing herbicide resistance
Preliminary results of herbicide resistance testing in weed samples from last year shows a trend toward Group 2 resistant wild oats. The testing done at the Saskatchewan Crop Protection Lab in Sask-atoon examined 235 weed samples: 76 from Saskatchewan, 103 from Alberta and 56 from Manitoba. Twenty-two samples were not yet completed when the preliminary […] Read more
