• WSSA January Newsletter
• WSSA Lesson Modules: Herbicide Resistant Weeds
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• Super Committee letter in support of research for food/ag
• WSSA EPA Liaison Report: 4th Quarter, 2011
• WSSA EPA Liaison Report: Tour Of Weed Resistance Management Challenges
• Scientists Point To Precarious State Of U.S. Pesticide Safety Education Program
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  • Technical Paper
  • AAPSE PSEP Funding Survey
• Recent Press Releases: Summit on Herbicide-Resistant Weeds; Flooding Worsened by Invasive Weeds; more...

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The Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) will co-sponsor an upcoming scientific summit on how to manage herbicide-resistant weeds — a costly and growing problem threatening crop production across the U.S. and around the globe. "To counter this dangerous trend, we need to move to integrated weed management programs that incorporate a variety of other control methods. Doing so can help us preserve crop yields, herbicide effectiveness and the sustainability..."

Herbicide resistance education and training have been identified as critical paths in advancing the adoption of proactive best management programs to delay or mitigate the evolution of herbicide-resistant weeds. Five lessons have been created for an intended audience of consultant–field advisor–certified agronomist.

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Scientists with the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA), the American Phytopathological Society (APS) and the Entomological Society of America (ESA) expressed concern about the precarious state of the U.S. Pesticide Safety Education Program (PSEP). Funding for the program has plummeted in recent years and is now in danger of evaporating completely.

• Press Release
• Technical Paper
• AAPSE PSEP Funding Survey

A field tour was organized for U.S. EPA representatives to observe and discuss the problems with and management of glyphosate-resistant weeds that are now infesting Arkansas, Illinois, and Missouri among several other states. Participants included representatives from all of the divisions within the EPA Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), USDA Office of Pest Management Policy, and the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA).

The Weed Science Society of America (WSSA), the Aquatic Plant Management Society (APMS), and affiliated regional societies have sent a letter to Assistant Secretary Darcy of the Army, expressing concern regarding the recent decision to eliminate the Aquatic Plant Control Research Program (APCRP) from the US Army Corps of Engineers-Civil Works 2012 budget.

• Read the Letter...
• Press Release: Weed scientists protest the decision...
• Assistant Secretary Darcy's Response...

Visit the WSSA Abstracts website to view the presentations sorted by various methods. In each of these reports, click on the title of interest to view/print the abstract.