Lidysce Andrea Mata is a new visiting scholar in the Meyers’ weed science lab. She was born and raised in Honduras, where she’s currently senior undergrad student at Zamorano University. She joined the Meyers’ lab to fulfill a “professional experience” requirement to graduate from the Agricultural Sciences and Production major at Zamorano University, but also because she is deeply[Read More…]
The Horticulture Crops Weed Science Lab published “Simulated dormant peppermint (Mentha x piperita L.) response to mesotrione: a greenhouse study” by Emmanuel G. Cooper, Jeanine Arana, and Stephen L. Meyers in Weed Technology. To read the “ahead-of-print” article visit: https://doi.org/10.1017/wet.2023.27 “Thank you” to Nathaly Vargas, Laura Rodríguez, Luz Cardona, Julie Young, and Nathan Deppe for[Read More…]
Six members of the Horticulture Crops Weed Science Lab presented research at the 77th Annual North Central Weed Science Society Meeting in St. Louis, Missouri December 5-8. Poster Presentations: Evaluation of Weed Removal Timing for Three Sweetpotato Cultivars. Emmanuel G. Cooper*, Stephen L. Meyers, Jeanine Arana. Combinations of PRE and Layby Herbicides in Watermelon. Josue[Read More…]
Members of the Meyers lab published a new research article in Weed Technology, available now ahead-of-print: Tolerance of peppermint (Mentha x piperita) to tiafenacil applied post-harvest by Stephen L. Meyers, Jeanine Arana, and Brandi C. Woolam. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1017/wet.2022.78 Thank you to Nathan Deppe and the HGRH crew for their help with this greenhouse-based research[Read More…]
The HLA Weed Science team attended the YCC Career Development Symposium hosted by the Younger Chemists Committee of the American Chemical Society Indiana Local Section at the Corteva Agriscience headquarters in Indianapolis. They were able to learn about financial literacy in grad school, industry hiring practices, interview tips, soft skills, and CV building. They also had the[Read More…]
Carlos A. López Manzano is a visiting scholar who joined the Meyers’ lab in the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture. He has a B.Sc. in Environmental Science and Development from Zamorano University, Honduras, and a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from the University of El Salvador, El Salvador. During his visit, he will be involved[Read More…]
The HLA Weed Science Lab has a new journal article available ahead-of-print in Weed Science. The article is co-authored by current and former members of the lab and features research conducted in collaboration with Red Gold: Dicamba Residue Persistence in Processing Tomato by Stephen L. Meyers, Jeanine Arana, Brandi C. Woolam, Nathaly Vargas, Laura Rodriguez,[Read More…]
Luis Medina is a visiting scholar from Honduras who joined the Meyers’ weed science lab. He obtained his B.Sc. in Agronomy from Universidad Nacional de Agricultura (UNAG), Honduras. ” This opportunity has awakened in me a great interest in weeds, which are of great agricultural importance. It is definitely an area in which I would[Read More…]
Members of Stephen Meyers’ HLA Specialty Crops Weed Science Lab authored and co-authored a total of five presentations given at the 2022 joint virtual meeting of the Weed Science Society of American and Canadian Weed Science Society (February 22-24). Jeanine Arana won second place in the MS level three-minute thesis (3MT) competition for her presentation[Read More…]