The Ohio State University: College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences

Information on new herbicides and traits

Each fall we provide an article and video on new herbicides to the OSU Pesticide Applicator Training group, for use in recertification by our educators.  The article ends up in the annual recertification proceedings book, and can also be accessed…

OSU Weed Science Field Day – July 8

The 2015 OSU Weed Science Field Day will be held on Wednesday July 8 at the OARDC Western Ag Research Station.  Registration starts at 8:30 and a field tour with presentations by OSU faculty, staff and students will start at…

Considerations for managing marestail in a wet spring

In-field video of Dr. Mark Loux explaining late-spring options for control of overwintered marestail.  A follow up to the recent C.O.R.N. article on this subject.  

OSU Weed ID iBook – available now (and free for a while)

Our new iBook, “The Ohio State University Guide to Weed Identification”, is available now on iTunes for download to iPads and Mac computers.  We really think this takes weed ID to a new level, and the photos are outstanding.  Credit…

Herbicide time-lapse videos

Herbicide time-lapse videos

Available now on the the OSU weed science Youtube site.  Cool time-lapse videos showing the effect of various herbicides on weeds.  Not bad work for a bunch of people who figure out how to kill weeds for a living. Click…