Ryan Hamberg
@ryan_c_hamberg
@FoundationFAR Fellow - 2024 to 2027 |
PhD Candidate - Agronomy/Weed Science @TAMU |
MS - Crop Production and Physiology (Weed Science) @IowaStateU |
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22-07-2023 03:25:39
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π± Attention #weedscience #gradstudents! The 2025 #WSSA Travel Enrichment Experience (TEE) is ready for your application! Apply now...or BEFORE May 10, 2025! See email for details or contact Cara McCauley ([email protected]). #weedscientists #invasiveplants #funding
Can you believe these two cover crop species were terminated without herbicides or crimping? One of my PhD objectives is to determine the feasibility of using electrical weeders for cover crop termination. More results to come! Texas A&M AgriLife Research Texas A&M AgriLife Organic Muthu Bagavathiannan
Finally getting some cotton in the ground. Planting into a beautiful mosaic of cover crops that were terminated at different timings. Muthu Bagavathiannan Texas A&M AgriLife Research
Itβs amazing what one pass of the Zasso Electrical Weeder can do to a dense stand of Texas panicum. You do not have to guess which side is which! Texas A&M Weed Science Research | Muthu Bagavathiannan | Texas A&M AgriLife Research
Check out GROWβs new Weed Electrocution webpage, which answers six key questions about the expanding industry of electrical weed control! The page was written by Ryan Hamberg, with help from Luisa Baccin, Dr. Marcelo L Moretti, Muthu Bagavathiannan, and π¨π¦πΊπΈ Lynn Sosnoskie πΊπΈπ¨π¦. See it
Running multiple experiments testing inter-row electrical weeding in cotton. One questions is if we can control weeds, season long, without chemicals or soil disturbance. Results are promising. Muthu Bagavathiannan | Texas A&M AgriLife Research | Cotton Incorporated
Perennial weeds have potentially met their match with weed electrocution! Zasso electric weeders showed promise in controlling perennial weeds like Canada thistle in blueberry production, according to research from Oregon State Ph.D. student Luisa Baccin. Read more here:
Today is another Weedy Wednesday, a monthly spotlight on weed identification tips from GROW! Gustavo Camargo Silva, a grad student with Texas A&M Weed Science Research & Muthu Bagavathiannan, has some quick tips on how to identify giant ragweed! #weedywednesday #growiwm
Underground Warfare! Cereal rye cover crops may be battling johnsongrass by suppressing the weed's belowground rhizome production, according to preliminary results from a new Texas study. Learn more about this promising cover crop research from Texas A&M Weed Science Research &
Testing the Zasso interrow electrical weeder across multiple cotton growth stages. Here was our mid-post timing. The field had heavy pressure from 4β5 annual weed species, each ~3 inches tall at treatment. Texas A&M Weed Science Research | Cotton Incorporated | Texas A&M AgriLife Organic | Texas A&M AgriLife
Research funded by Illinois Soybean Association checkoff reveals Group 15 resistance in waterhemp is more widespread and complex than previously thought β explore the findings and management tips in the Annual Insights Report. fieldadvisor.org/documenting-thβ¦
Last week's GROW Farmer Forum on weed electrocution with is now available for viewing!β‘οΈ Catch up on a great discussion between our farmer panel and Ryan Hamberg here: growiwm.org/farmer-forum-rβ¦