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

Our digital books on weed identification are now available for use on all types of devices via iTunes and GooglePlay.  These include “The Ohio State University Guide to Weed Identification“, “Identifying Noxious Weeds of Ohio“, and “Principles of Weed Ecology…

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…

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…

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.  

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

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…

1. FIRST STEP – Spray no fall Herbicide -AGAIN 2. Then wait for spring to burndown and fail – AGAIN 3.  Then  respray burndown & miss Marestail -AGAIN 4. Then  wonder “What do I do now?” – AGAIN 5. Then…

Welcome to the new webpage/blog for the OSU weed management group.  We are still trying to figure out how to get the format and content where we want it (obviously).  Let us know if there is specific content you would…