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Weed problems come in all forms! Dr. Stephen L Meyers is a Purdue Agriculture Hort Extension Weed Scientist, & today he's on a blueberry grower collaborator farm. He's looking at fluroxypyr & epyrifenacil to control weeds like sassafras, dewberry, oaks, red sorrel, & black cherry. #PUweeds

It was a busy day at the ACRE farm for the PU weeds crew. We sprayed POSTs in a spray drone vs. ground rig trial & collected deposition, coverage, & swath data. Weed control from PREs was already taken, and now we'll evaluate the POSTs for season long spray programs. #PUweeds

The next student spotlight is Marcelo Zimmer. He's from southern Brazil & is wrapping up his PhD under Bill Johnson. He's researched herb. antagonism & using See & Spray to help resolve it. After graduation, he's joining the U. of Kentucky as an Ext. Weed Scientist. #PUweeds

This morning's spotlight is Jada Davis. She is a M.S. student from east central IL working under Dr. Bryan Young. She's evaluating weed control and corn tolerance to a ME form. of saflufenacil (Surtain). After graduation, she plans to be a tech service rep in ag chem. #PUweeds

Earlier this week, Dr. Stephen L Meyers and his team were helping get more tools in hort crop producers' toolbox. They took stand counts & vigor ratings in an IR-4 funded study to look at reduced plant-backs for Zidua to watermelon, spinach, green beans, & Lima beans. #PUweeds

Abi Norsworthy is from NW AR & is a M.S. student under Dr. Bryan Young. She's exploring diflufenican & other bleaching herbicides using spectral imaging to ID chemical stress & evaluate efficacy & soy injury. After her M.S., she plans to pursue a PhD in Weed Science. #PUweeds

A lot of flattened and root lodged corn from storms today in NW to Central Indiana. Majority of the corn will “gooseneck” and recover fine at current vegetative stages. Still hate to see it, especially on a lot of great looking corn in these areas. Purdue Agriculture Purdue Agronomy

Grant Isaacs is a M.S. student under Dr. Bryan Young. He’s from Grayslake, IL & his research examines interactions between pyridate (Tough) and HPPD herbicides for control of triazine-resistant waterhemp. Grant plans to pursue a career as a field research associate. #PUweeds

Tommy Butts team is working with a Solinftec North America Solix autonomous site-specific sprayer. This machine uses RTK & machine learning algorithms for weed detection & precise application. Research is exploring hit rate, efficacy, herbicide savings, & potential yield benefits. #PUweeds

Jessie Lewis is a M.S. student under Dr. Bryan Young & is from Metropolis, IL. She's researching resistant (R) waterhemp, incl. atrazine-R, glufosinate-R, & the development of rapid assays to detect HR. After her M.S., Jessie plans to be an agronomy service rep. #PUweeds

Maria Souza is from Brazil and is a PhD student under Tommy Butts. Her research focuses on weed control from spray drones by assessing how application parameters & platforms influence spray deposition, efficacy, & absorption of low volume-high concentration sprays. #PUweeds

IWM is critical for successful long-term weed management even with new tech. One of our Indiana Soybean Alliance funded projects is exploring the combo of cereal rye, residual herbicides, and targeted apps for reducing total herbicide applied, ⬇️ crop injury, & ⬆️ control in soy. #PUweeds

Our final student spotlight is Emmanuel Cooper. He's from Liberia, West Africa & is a PhD student under Tommy Butts. His research integrates remote & proximal sensing tech with AI to enhance weed management. After graduation, he plans to join industry as a field scientist. #PUweeds

Thanks for coming along for the ride this week with Purdue Weed Science! If you're around Indiana next week, make sure to check out our Field Day on Thursday, June 26! More details here: extension.purdue.edu/news/2025/06/w…. Stay tuned next week for a new NCWSS X host. Tommy Butts #PUweeds

Purdue Weed Science Field Day at Throckmorton was very interesting with lots of sharp people! Good to meet Tommy Butts , welcome to Indiana.

What’s more American than a “friendly” competition? 🇺🇸 Our Soy Checkoff-funded intensification & management survey is now LIVE. I’m banking on the most responses from Kansas 😉 We'd love to hear from you! #ussoy 15-min survey: bit.ly/soy-survey

📅 Save the Date (September 11, 2025)! Join us for the 2025 Wisconsin Extension Weed Management Workshop at Arlington Ag Research Station. This year we’ll be focusing on novel targeted herbicide application technologies (aka See & Spray)! Hope to see you there.