Biotech Updates

2011 Weed Science Society of America Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon

October 22, 2010

The Weed Science Society of America Annual Meeting will be held in Portland, Oregon on 7-10 February 2011. The meeting will focus on the latest developments in weed control research and management practices in agronomic, horticultural, rangeland environments to name a few. The scientific program will feature poster sessions, a practitioner's forum on weed management and research, and six special symposia led by some of the world's leading weed scientists. The topics in the meeting include: The 50th anniversary of the U.S. program to eradicate witchweed (Striga asiatica); Nonchemical tactics for managing weeds resistant to herbicides; The significance and use of sulfonylurea herbicides in turf grass and landscapes; How to navigate grants and other research funding sources; The science of herbicide discovery; and Advances in methodologies applied to the science of weed control.

For more information see the press release at  http://www.wssa.net/WSSA/PressRoom/WSSA-2011-ANNUAL-MEETING.htm  In addition, get more information from http://www.wssa.net/Meetings/WSSAAnnual/Info.htm