Researchers have sequenced the genomes of Palmer amaranth and other pigweed species, uncovering key mechanisms behind ...

It can grow an inch or two a day, produce nearly a million seeds and emerge at almost any point in the growing season. Waterhemp is among the most destructive weeds U.S. growers contend with, and new ...

Weeds like Palmer amaranth make farming harder and less profitable ... Notably, the study also represents the first genomes published by the International Weed Genomics Consortium, an organization ...

New chromosome-level genomes have been published for three troublesome Amaranthus weed species: Palmer amaranth and redroot and smooth pigweed. The advancement represents a major leap in ...

Knowing how devastating Palmer amaranth can be, it’s important that farmers learn how to identify and manage the weed. Scouting fields to determine which weeds are most prevalent is a key step ...

Help can’t arrive fast enough for corn and soybean farmers who routinely battle Palmer amaranth (pigweed) or waterhemp, especially those with resistance to currently available herbicide ...

My research is focused on improving productivity and resilience of forage crop production systems. Research interests include: agronomic management factors that influence crop weed competition, the ...

Several of those — kochia, Palmer amaranth and, in particular last year, waterhemp — have been flagged as serious weed ...