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Volume 47, No. 3October, 2019
This has been one crazy year to grow a crop. One arti-fact of this is that the spring planting season ended herein Tennessee sometime in August. As we are now intowhat likely will be a very long, drawn out fall, I hopeeveryone has good fortune getting their field researchout.
Our meeting plans for the 60th Annual WSSA meeting in Maui, Hawaii arecoming together. The meeting will be held March 2–5, 2020 at the Hyatt RegencyMaui Resort and Spa. Bill Curran, our program chair, is working on a great pro-gram that will run the gamut of extension, research, and education activities inweed science. Dr. Curran is working closely with Eric Gustafson, our ExecutiveSecretary, to finalize activities and events. They have numerous events and toursavailable to enjoy the island, andwe look forward to whatMaui has to offer. Sym-posia are going to be plentiful once again this year, and the topics include:
2020 vision for Hawaiian Invasive Plant ManagementThe role of intelligent machines in weed managementGenomics of weedy and invasive species – 2025 and BeyondThe ecological and biodiversity impact of invasive grass species andtheir management
Toxicology and weed scienceOur discipline has most definitely been connected to newsworthy items in the
last several months. Glyphosate continues to get media coverage in a large way,both in the news and in numerous commercials, mostly sponsored by law firms.TheWSSAhas been asked to give our opinion andwe have respondedwith whatI feel is a very good statement about this on-going issue. Many thanks to Dr.Scott Senseman for chairing the committee to draft this statement concerningglyphosate and to all the hard work from the volunteers on his committee.Dicamba issues are still on the forefront in the Midwest and Midsouth regions
of the United States. Unfortunately, reports from Departments of Agriculturewould indicate that off-target dicamba issues have gotten worse in some of the
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Important Contacts . . . . . . . . . . 12Calendar of Events . . . . . . . . . . . 13
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Interactive Management Incorporated (IMI)Eric Gustafson, Executive Secretary12110 N. Pecos St., Suite #220Westminster, CO 80234(720) [email protected]
Cambridge University PressAndrea Giannini, Publishing Editor(212) [email protected]
WSSA ContactsWSSA NEWSLETTERVOL. 47, NO. 3 OCTOBEER, 2019
Published quarterly by the WeedScience Society of America. Subscrip-tion included in the annual dues paidby members of the Society. Addresscorrespondence and information to:
Carl Libbey225 S. 10th St.Mount Vernon, WA [email protected]
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THINK NEWSLETTERDeadline for January issue
December 1, 2019
WSSA HOME PAGEACCESSED AT:
www.wssa.net
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WSSAFUTURE MEETINGSITES AND DATES
March 2–5, 202060th Annual Meeting WSSA73rd Annual Meeting WSWSHyatt Regency Resort and SpaMaui, HawaiiBill Curran, Chair [email protected] Ransom, Chair [email protected]
big soybean producing states in theMidwest and are still a persistent issue acrosstheMidsouth. Our scientists continue to be connected with decision makers, andour Executive Director of Science Policy, Lee Van Wychen, has kept us in touchwith key individuals to discuss these issues surrounding dicamba that have noeasy answers.We are clearly in an important time in our society’s history where sound science
and connection to decision makers needs to come together. Others have come tothis conclusion as, recently, APCO (Association of Pesticide Control Officers) andASTA (American Seed TradeAssociation) have contacted theWSSAabout estab-lishing more formal connections. These new requests for the expertise of ourmembers adds to the on-going formal and informal interaction WSSAmembershave daily with decision makers and really helps point out the primary strengthof the WSSA, which is the quality of our membership.I look forward to seeing all of you in Maui in March. It has been an active year
so far and we are pleased that we continue to get feedback from many of you onWSSA issues. Please do not hesitate to contact me, Eric Gustafson, Lee VanWychen or other members of our Board of Directors if you have questions, con-cerns or suggestions related to WSSA.
Larry SteckelPresident, WSSA
SEND NEWSLETTERMATERIAL TO:
Carl Libbey225 S. 10th Street
Mount Vernon, WA [email protected]
Phone: (360) 708-5543
2020 Annual MeetingBill Curran, [email protected]
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https://wssa.memberclicks.net/books
WSSA PUBLICATIONS NEWSPREPROOF POSTINGWe are working with Cambridge University Press to
increase the speed at which accepted journal articlesbecome available to readers. Weed Science,Weed Tech-nology, and IPSM now post accepted manuscripts aspre-proofs 3–5 days after acceptance. The acceptedraw manuscript is assigned a permanent Digital ObjectIdentifier (DOI) and posted on Cambridge Core as anunformatted pdf. This DOI is transferred to the finalversion of record when it is posted on Cambridge Coreas a FirstView article after copyediting and formatting.This is not the same as posting an unreviewed manu-script to an outside preprint server such as BioRxiv(which could jeopardize subsequent publication in aWSSA journal) — we will only post as pre-proofsarticles that have been peer-reviewed, revised by theauthors, and accepted by the journal editor. However,posting pre-proofs on Cambridge Core does allow ac-cepted manuscripts to be read and cited immediately.Authors who do not wish to have their unformatted
manuscripts uploaded as pre-proofs can opt out andwait for publication on FirstView. Posting a preproofrequires slight changes when uploading manuscriptand figure files to Editorial Manager, so please checkthe Instructions for Authors on the journal websitebefore submitting your next paper.
Sarah WardDirector of Publications
NOW AVAILABLE IN THE WSSA BOOKSTORE!
WEED BINGO is a fun game that blends a bit of sci-ence with interesting and unusual facts about some ofthe world’s most common and troublesome weeds.Each of the 42 weed cards included in our gameincludes the common and scientific name of a weed,a photo and a brief description.
WEED BINGO would make a great holiday gift! Thegames are a fun, educational tool that will help raiseawareness of weeds and invasive plants in managedand natural ecosystems.
WEED BINGO is produced by the Weed Science Soci-ety of America, with support from the Aquatic PlantManagement Society, North Central Weed ScienceSociety, Northeastern Weed Science Society, South-ern Weed Science Society and Western Society ofWeed Science. Each game is $14.95 + $5.00shipping and handling for domestic shipping.
To purchase a game, please visit our website:https://wssa.memberclicks.net/books
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CALL FOR PAPERS2020 JOINT WSSA/WSWS MEETING
INVITATIONYou are invited to submit titles and abstracts for
papers and posters to be presented at the WSSA/WSWSMeeting in Maui, Hawaii, March 2–5, 2020, Monday toThursday. Volunteer papers may be presented orally in oneof the section meetings or as a poster. An individual maypersonally present only one volunteer, non-poster paper.This rule will be strictly followed. In addition to the vol-unteer paper, an individual may present a poster, may beco-author of papers presented by other authors, and maypresent an invited symposium paper. The abstract sub-mission site will be open October 21, 2019.
DEADLINEAbstract Titles and Author Information must be sub-
mitted electronically by January 6, 2020 to be considered.Those not submitted by this deadline will not be accepted.This deadline applies to symposium papers, as well as tovolunteer papers and posters. Abstract texts must be sub-mitted by February 17, 2020. The program will be postedon the WSSA website (http://www.wssa.net) and mem-bers will be informed when it is available by email fromEric Gustafson.
MEETING SCHEDULESVolunteer papers will be presented within a 15-minute
schedule. Concurrent sessions dictate that the timeschedule be strictly followed. To allow for introduction,transition of speakers, and questions, you should plan topresent your paper in 12 or 13 minutes. Papers shouldreport the results of completed research or other substan-tive information. Information should not have beenpresented at a previous WSSA national meeting. Ideally,research reported at the WSSA Meeting should bepublishable in Invasive Plant Science and Management,Weed Science, Weed Technology, or a similar scientificjournal.
SYMPOSIUM PAPERSSpeakers participate in symposia by invitation. Dead-
lines and procedures for preparing and submittingabstracts of symposium papers are the same as for volun-teer papers, except that the author must send a copy of theabstract to the symposium organizer.
COMPUTER AND PROJECTION EQUIPMENTTheWSSAhas adopted LCD projection for PowerPoint
presentations as the standard and will be used exclusively
during the annual meeting. LCD projectors and WindowsPC laptop computers will be supplied by WSSAmembersand coordinated by section chairs. Presenters willNOT beallowed to use their own computers in the sessions. Ifpossible, computers will be located on the podium in eachsession. If this is not possible, an infrared remote providingforward and backward control of the PowerPoint presen-tation will be provided in each session. Screens, micro-phones, carts, and extension cords will continue to besupplied by AV services and paid for by the Society. Inorder to make this process go as smoothly as possible,please follow the guidelines below.
FORMATAll presentationsMUST be in PowerPoint (any version)
for MS Windows (PC compatible). PowerPoint 2010 willbe the software used. MacIntosh/Apple formats willNOT be supported. Your presentation must be saved as aPowerPoint show file. The section chairs have requestedthat ALL presentations be prepared and uploaded on theabstract submission site so that preloading prior to themeeting can be accomplished (see Submission of Presen-tations). Please limit the size of presentations to less than 50MB. If your presentation contains video clips or animationyou must contact the section chair for approval one weekPRIOR to sending your presentation to ensure compatibil-ity with the equipment. Limit fonts used in the presenta-tion to basic fonts, as not all machines may have the samechoice of fonts. Examples of standard fonts are Times,Arial, Courier, Tahoma, or similar equivalents. Sectionchairs and computer operators are not responsible forchanges in fonts, bullets, and other formatting at the timeof presentation. Use up-to-date virus protection software toavoid infecting the computers provided by the sectionchairs.
SUBMISSION OF PRESENTATIONSPresentations must be uploaded on the submission
site prior to the meeting. Section chairs must receive thepresentation at least one week in advance of the meeting(no later than February 17, 2020). Please coordinate withyour section chair if you want to preview your presenta-tion at the meeting to ensure that the formats/fonts are allas you intended them to be. Due to the limited time andequipment, last minute editing is highly discouraged.Submission of files at the time of the presentation or atany other time during the session will NOT be allowed.
Annual Meeting of the WSSA/WSWSMaui, Hawaii • March 2–5, 2020
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Be alert to changes, modifications, and refinements tothese guidelines between now and the meeting. Thisinformation will be published in the October andJanuary issues of the WSSA Newsletter. For non-WSSAmembers, the WSSA Newsletter is available on the WSSAwebsite (http://www.wssa.net).
SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTVolunteer papers, posters, and symposium papers all
require abstracts to be submitted electronically. To submitabstract titles/authors and abstract texts electronically,go to the NEW Weed Science Society of America submis-sion website (http://weedscimeetingabstracts.com).• After October 21, 2019, you will be able to access theTitle/Abstract Submission Page from theWSSAwebsite.Additional instructions will be provided on the Title/Ab-stract Submission Page.The Program will be printed exactly as submitted, other
than format and font changes for uniformity; therefore,proofread your submission very carefully. Primary contactauthors will receive an email indicating their abstract wasreceived and a later email confirming the section/day/timewhen and where the paper will be presented.
STUDENT CONTEST INFORMATIONA. ELIGIBILITY1. Any student who is a WSSA/WSWS member and has
registered to attend the current annual meeting is eligi-ble to compete in the poster or oral presentation con-test. WSSA will not be hosting a 15-minute oralpresentation contest in 2020 but will offer a new activ-ity (see below). WSWS will still offer their students theopportunity to participate in a 15-minute oral presen-tation contest. WSWS students may present in theWSWS oral contest or the ThreeMinute Thesis ResearchCommunication Competition contest but not both.
2. A new event is being offered to both WSSAandWSWSstudents at the 2020 meeting. This will be a Three-Minute Thesis Research Communication Competition(3MT™) developed by the University of Queensland,Australia (https://threeminutethesis.uq.edu.au/). Itprovides students with the opportunity to profile theirresearch and enhance communication skills. A separatedocument will be available describing this activity inmore detail including how students will be judged andthe rules for the competition.
3. Students are eligible for participation in the StudentPoster Contest and Three-Minute Thesis Competitionmultiple times during a M.S. program and a Ph.D. pro-gram; however, a student cannot participate in both theoral presentation contest and poster presentation con-test during the same annual meeting.
4. A student can only win 1st place in the poster or oralpresentation contest once per degree program. Once astudent places 1st in a given contest (i.e. oral, three-minute thesis, or poster presentation contest), they areno longer eligible to compete in said contest during thecourse of their current degree program. A student may
win 1st place in the poster presentation contest and 1stplace in the oral presentation contest while in a M.S. orPh.D. program; however, a student may not enter bothcontests at the same annual meeting. A student maywin 1st place in the poster or oral presentation contestin the M.S. degree program and then compete and win1st place for an oral or poster presentation while in aPh.D. degree program.
B. RULES AND PROCEDURES1. Notice of the contests will be included with the Call for
Papers.2. A contestant may enter the poster or oral presentation
contest multiple years per degree program. Personswho have graduated from a degree program (M.S. orPh.D.) and are actively pursuing an additional degreemay only enter the contest for that degree program dur-ing the first annual meeting following graduation.
3. Contestants will indicate in the title submission thatthey wish to enter either the poster or oral presentationcontest. Title and contest declaration must be turned inby the deadline that title submissions are due. If a con-testant does not turn in a title and contest declaration bythe time that title submissions are due, they will beineligible for the contest unless the Student ProgramChairperson declares the student eligible based on stu-dent’s situation. ABSTRACTS FOR CONTEST PRE-SENTATIONS must be submitted electronically byFebruary 17, 2020. This allows time for the committee toprepare copies or e-mail abstracts to the appropriatejudges prior to the contest.
4. Evaluation forms and rules will be posted to the WSSAand WSWS websites.
PREPARATION OF ABSTRACTFollowing are the guidelines for the preparation and
submission of an abstract. Be alert to additional instruc-tions that may appear on the site itself.1. Contents – The abstract should include a brief over-
view of essential aspects of experimental proceduresand should highlight significant results and theirinterpretation. Write the abstract so it consists entirelyof information. Do not include statements such as “Theresults of the experiments will be presented” or “Thesignificance of these results will be discussed.”
2. Formatting – Typing and format instructions will beprovided on the Title/Abstract Submission Page of theWSSA website. In the abstract, authors will be identi-fied by occupational affiliation and location, not bymailing address. Therefore, please type the title, andchoose the author from the dropdown menu.Capitalize the first letter of all major words in the
title and end the title with a period. Include both thecommon and scientific names of weeds and un-common crop plants in the title (authorship of plantsis not necessary), but only the common names of her-
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bicides and well-known crop plants. You do not needto type the title in bold-face; the system will do thatautomatically. The site will provide a method for indi-cating the presenter, be sure to specify the presentingauthor. Do not include departments, divisions or zipcodes. Do not abbreviate the word “University” to“Univ.”Example 1. Role of Adjuvants on Sulfonylurea Her-
bicide Efficacy. D. Sanyal*1, P. C. Bhow-mik2, 1Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO,2University ofMassachusetts,Amherst,MA.
Example 2. Evaluation of an In-Row Rotating Culti-var in Vegetable Crops. S. A. Fennimore*1,R. F. Smith2, J. Rachuy2, 1University of Cali-fornia, Davis, CA, 2University of California,Monterey County, CA.
Example 3. TeachingWeed Science in anOff-CampusSetting. R. E. Whitesides*, C. V. Ransom;Utah State University, Logan, UT.
3. E-mail Address – For better communication amongresearchers, place the e-mail address of the seniorauthor following the last sentence of abstract.
4. Herbicide nomenclature –A list of common and chem-ical names of herbicides approved by the WSSA isavailable at http://wssa.net/Weeds/Tools/Herbicides.When the common name refers to the parent acid, saltor ester forms used in the experiments should be iden-tified at the first mention of the common name (e.g.,methyl ester of diclofop). At the first mention of an her-bicide application rate, list whether the weight is acidequivalent (ae) or active ingredient (ai) (e.g., kg ai ha-1).If no common name is available, use its designation(trade name or code) followed by the full chemicalname. If the chemistry is confidential, identify thesource (company) in parentheses after designation.
5. Adjuvant nomenclature – Where possible, use theWSSA Herbicide Handbook, 10th edition (2014), p.479–481;Weed Science (1985) 33 (Suppl. 1): 22–23; or theWSSAMonograph (1982)Adjuvants for Herbicides.Other-wise, use the most complete available chemicaldescription of the adjuvant.
6. Weed nomenclature – Identify weeds by commonnames. At first mention of a weed, whether in the titleor text, follow the common name with the scientificname (underlined and in parentheses). Do not repeatthe scientific name in the text if given in the title. A listof WSSA approved common and Latin names ofcommonweed species can be found at http://wssa.net/wssa/weed/composite-list-of-weeds/. If there is noWSSA-designated common name, use common scien-tific names from another source such as Hortus ThirdDictioinary.
7. Crop nomenclature – Scientific names for crop plantsare optional. They are not needed for well knowncrops, but should be included for less common cropsand whenever needed for clarity. Place scientificnames, underlined and in parentheses, following first
mention of the common name, whether in the title ortext.
8. Soil nomenclature – Include the soil series with tex-tural classification and the subgroup name using theterminology of the U.S. Dept. Agric. Natr. Res. Con-serv. Serv. publication, Soil Taxonomy, U.S. Gov. Print-ing Office, Washington, D.C. 1988. For soils outsidethe U.S.A., use the local official terminology.
9. Measurements – Report all measurements in Interna-tional System of units (SI). Abbreviate units of mea-sure if preceded by a number. See Weed Science (2003)51:1029–1033 for additional suggestions andWSSAHer-bicide Handbook, 10th edition (2014), p. 488–491 formetric conversions.
10. Abbreviations – Use abbreviations as shown at http://wssajournals.org/userimages/ContentEditor/135879.
11. Numbers – Use Arabic numerals for all numbers withtwo or more digits and for all measurements such astime, weight-length, area, quantity, or degree exceptwhen the number is the first word in the sentence.Spell out numbers when they are the first word in asentence or when they are less than 10 and not mea-surements.
12. Tables, figures, or literature citations – There will be asystem in place on the abstract submission site to addthese.
POSTERSThe information presented as a poster is very similar to
that presented as an oral paper, but it is presented on posterboard rather than orally at the meeting. Directions forpreparing a poster can be found under POSTER SESSION(see below). There are key differences between a poster anda commercial exhibit. The commercial exhibits are pre-sented by Sustaining Members of WSSA and consist ofeducational information that may be of a promotionalnature about products and/or services. Posters may be pre-sented by personnel of the same sustaining member com-panies and may concern commercial products, but theymust present results of completed research with these prod-ucts rather than promotional material about them.
POSTER SESSIONThere may be split sessions for presentation of posters.
In addition to specifying Poster Session, authors shouldindicate a category from Section 1 through 14. Posterpresentations will be grouped by these categories.1. Authors are expected to be at their poster during the
period reserved for viewing the poster to answerquestions and to discuss their research with interestedparties.
2. Participants in Section 15, the Poster Session, will meetat a location designated in the program before thePoster Session begins to elect a chair-elect of the sec-tion for 2019 (Section Chair in 2019) and discuss recom-mendations for improvement of the Poster Session.
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Section
1. Agronomic Crops
2. Horticultural Crops
3. Turf and Ornamentals
4. Pasture, Range, Forest, Rts of Ways & Nat. Areas
5. Wildlands & Aquatic Invasives
6. Regulatory Aspects
7. Teaching & Extension/Teaching & Tech. Transfers
8. Formulation, Adjuvant, & Application Technology
9. Weed Biology and Ecology
10. Biocontrol of Weeds
11. Physiology
12. Soil and Environmental Aspects
13. Integrated Weed Management
14. Sustaining Member Exhibits
15. Poster Sessions
16. Student Contest
WSWS Section Chair
Misha Manuchehri
Jesse Richardson
None
Harry Quicke
None
None
Thomas Getts
None
Caio Brunharo
None
None
None
None
WSSA Section Chair
Lins, Ryan
Matthew Cutulle
Jatinder Aulakh
Glen Obear
Mark Renz
Moore, Cherilyn
Rana, Sandeep
Mayank Malik
Mohsen Mesgaran
Rodrigo Diaz
Tseng, Paul Te-Ming
Daljit Singh
Vijay Singh
Dahl, Greg
Tom Mueller
Dodds, Darrin
Committee Members:WSSA Chair: William Curran (contact: [email protected])WSWS Chair: Corey Ransom (contact: [email protected])
Ex-off: Eric Gustafson (contact: [email protected])
3. Poster Boards. One board 48 x 48 inches will beprovided for each poster. There will be no exceptionsto the rule of one space per paper. Posters should beno larger than this size.
4. Content of Paper. Text, graphs, and tables must beeasily read from a distance of 6 feet. Titles and headingsshould be larger and readable from a greater distance.
5. Because of cost and logistics, it will not be possible toprovide electrical connections, video equipment, orother special equipment for posters.
6. Groups of authors may present more than one poster,but at least one author must be present at each posterduring the time designated exclusively for viewing theposter.
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WASHINGTONREPORTWASHINGTONREPORT by LeeVan Wychen, Director of Science Policy
2019 SCIENCE POLICY FELLOWS:JOHN SCHRAMSKIAND HALEIGH SUMMERS
The Science Policy Fellow (SPF) is anew position supported byWSSA thatis designed to assist me as ExecutiveDirector of Science Policy while pro-viding the SPF with a short-term,robust experience in dealing with abroad array of weed science policy is-sues. The SPFs receive a stipend tohelp them cover their time and travelto Washington, DC and the WSSAannual meeting. This year’s SPFs areJohn Schramski and Haleigh Sum-mers.John is a second year master’s stu-
dent at Michigan State Universityworking with Dr. Christy Sprague. Heworked as a crop consultant after re-ceiving a bachelor’s degree in Cropand Soil Science from Michigan Statein 2013. While working with growers,he became interested in weed scienceand managing herbicide-resistantweeds. His current research is focusedon integrating fall-seeded cereal covercrops with herbicide programs tomanage glyphosate-resistant horse-weed in no-till soybean and under-standing the different growth habits offall and spring emerged horseweed.John is interested in how policy canshape the development of new weed
management strategies to help growers.Haleigh is a second-year master’s
student at Penn State with Dr. HeatherKarsten. Her thesis projects includeanalyzing long-term data on reducingherbicides in a no-till dairy crop-ping system, looking at cultural andmechanical management options forglyphosate-resistant pigweed species,and studying early and late-seasoncontrol of glyphosate-resistant horse-weed (marestail). She received herbachelor’s inAgronomy and Seed Sci-ence at Iowa State University. She ispassionate about helping farmers be-come more environmentally friendlywhile still being profitable and be-lieves policy will play a key role in thisin the future.
AMERICA GROWS ACT WOULDBOOST FEDERAL AG RESEARCHFUNDINGThe National and Regional Weed
Science Societies have supported leg-islation introduced by Senator DickDurbin (D-IL) that would authorize a5% inflation-adjusted annual increasefor the next 5 years for agriculturalresearch at USDA-ARS, NIFA, ERS,and NASS. The America Grows Act(S. 2458) is modeled after the 21st Cen-tury Cures Act passed in 2016, whichspurred additional funding for NIH.The America Grows Act would pro-vide critical investments in research toaddress production, nutrition, food se-curity, and other major challengesacross the U.S. food and agriculturalsector.
CONGRESS AND WHITE HOUSEAGREE ON 2-YR BUDGET DEAL;FUND GOVERMENT THROUGHNOVEMBER 21In August, Congressional and
White House leadership reached abudget deal that will lift budget capsthat were set to take effect this fall andraise the debt ceiling until July 2021. Itprovides nearly equal increases for de-fense and domestic programs, raisingfederal spending by a total of $320 bil-lion. Without a budget deal, defensespending would have been cut by $71billion and nondefense spending –which includes most research fundingprograms – would have been cut by$55 billion in FY 2020 alone.Despite not knowing what the FY
2020 budget allocation, the Housepassed 10 of 12 of their FY 2020 spend-ing bills this summer while the Senatedecided to wait. Based on the budgetagreement numbers and committeeallocations, the House will have totrim about $895 million from its $24.3billion agricultural appropriations billit passed in June.The Senate has been busy since re-
turning from the August recess andhas passed 10 out of 12 bills out ofcommittee, but has not yet passed anybills through the full Senate. With FY2020 spending beginning on Oct. 1,Congress sent a temporary govern-ment-wide funding bill to the Presi-dent on Sep. 26. The bill extendsfunding at FY 2019 levels throughNov. 21 andwill buy lawmakers addi-tional time to work out spending dif-ferences between the House andSenate appropriations bills.
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WEED SCIENCE SOCIETIESCOMMENT ON GLYPHOSATEPROPOSED INTERIMREGISTRATION REVIEWDECISIONThe National and Regional Weed
Science Societies submitted commentson EPA’s proposal to mitigate potentialrisks with glyphosate use while notingits importance in the management ofinvasive and noxious weeds in agri-cultural and non-agricultural settings.Scientific literature has clearly shownthat the benefits of glyphosate out-weigh any potential ecological risks.Improvements to labels that are con-sistent across all glyphosate productswill help to further mitigate theserisks. Final comments:http://wssa.net/wp-content/uploads/Weed-Science-Societies-Comments-on-Glyphosate-PID_final.pdf
WSSA POSITION STATEMENTON GLYPHOSATEIn 2015, glyphosate was classified as
a “probable carcinogen” by the Inter-national Agency for Research on Can-cer (IARC). IARC has applied the sameclassification to red meat, hot bever-ages, and emissions from high-tem-perature frying, as well as to more than70 other chemicals. This designationhas caused widespread public concernabout the safety of glyphosate whilebeing the recent focus of multiple law-suits. WSSA has developed this docu-ment to inform the membership andgeneral public of its position on thistopic.http://wssa.net/wp-content/uploads/WSSA-glyphosate-position-8-9-19-FINAL.docx
EPA SEEKS COMMENT ONPROCESS FOR EVALUATINGPESTICIDE SYNERGY FORECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENTSEPA has developed an interim
process to review synergy data formixtures of pesticide active ingredi-ents and potentially incorporate thatinformation into their ecological riskestimates. EPA generally evaluatespesticide ecological risks based on tox-icity information from studies con-ducted with single active ingredients.This is based on best available evi-dence on pesticide interactions and theexpectation that those interactions arerare. More recently, patent claims ofsynergy against target pests haveraised questions and concerns aboutthe adequacy of estimating risk of eachindividual active ingredient alone, es-pecially for products mixed prior toapplication or products containingmultiple active ingredients.EPA is looking to determine whether
synergy data supporting patents isuseful for their ecological risk assess-ments and whether they should mod-ify their interim process. The interimprocess and background documentsare available at:https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0433Comments are due October 24, 2019.
IR-4 WILL MOVE FROMRUTGERS TO NC STATEOn July 10, the IR-4 Project Manage-
ment Committee (PMC) considered aMemorandum of Agreement (MOA)drafted by North Carolina State Uni-versity’s College of Agriculture andLife Sciences (NC State). This MOApresented an opportunity for IR-4Headquarters to relocate its operationsfrom the long-term host institution,New Jersey Agricultural ExperimentStation/Rutgers University, to NCState. After significant discussion, thePMC unanimously agreed to advance
the agreement to Rutgers legal counselfor concurrence.The PMC based its decision on the
10-year commitment by NC State tohost IR-4 Headquarters as well as thevision of the leadership of the NCState’s College of Agriculture and LifeSciences on the many ways that IR-4fits into the strategic direction of thecollege.While New JerseyAgriculturalExperimental Station continues tovalue the IR-4 Project, Rutgers couldnot make a long-term commitment tocontinue as the host institution.The relocation, once approved by
Rutgers, will transition over the nexttwo years, with scheduled completionby September 30, 2021. The long tran-sition will allow IR-4 Headquarters toremain operational with minimal in-terruptions and lessen the impact ofthe move on current employees at IR-4 Headquarters. Rutgers administra-tors are committed to working closelywith NC State to ensure a smooth tran-sition.The IR-4 Project provides safe and
effective pest management solutions tospecialty crop growers. It is fundedthrough federal funds administratedby USDA-NIFA, Agriculture ResearchService and Foreign Agriculture Serv-ice with significant direct and in-kindfunds from the land-grant universitysystem, specialty crop commodityassociations and the crop protectionindustry. Field research farms, analyt-ical laboratories and coordinationoffices are located in over 20 states tofacilitate national registrations ofneeded chemical and bio-based pesti-cides. Since 1963, IR-4’s national head-quarters has been hosted by Rutgers.Rutgers will continue to participatein IR-4 with activities at two of itsresearch farms in New Jersey.
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BLM HEADQUARTERSIS MOVING WESTIn a letter to U.S. sena-
tors on July 16, the U.S.Bureau of LandManage-ment (BLM) formally an-nounced it will moveabout 325 staff in Wash-ington, D.C. to 11 west-ern states to join the restof BLM’s almost 10,000employees. The reorgan-ization, first consideredunder former InteriorSecretary Ryan Zinke, isaimed at putting moreagency officials closer to the lands theymanage out West, though critics havequestioned moving tenured policy of-ficials far from the nation’s capital.Only BLM’s Deputy Director of Policyand Programs along with 60 otherBLM staff will remain in D.C. at theDepartment of Interior headquarters.Grand Junction, CO will be the new
headquarters for the BLM Director,Deputy Director and their 25 attendantstaff. In addition, 58 positions willmove to the Denver Federal Center inLakewood, CO, where BLM’s stateoffice and national operations centerwill take on a larger role. There are al-ready thousands of federal employeesstationed at the Denver Federal Center— amassive 670-acre site that includes90 buildings that house employeeswith 26 federal agencies, includingBLM, the National Park Service, theFish andWildlife Service, and the U.S.Geological Survey. It is the largest con-centration of federal buildings andagencies outside Washington.While Colorado is slated to get 85
positions, another 236 positions areproposed to be divided up among thefollowing western state BLM jurisdic-tions: AK – 4, AZ – 39, CA – 20, ID –18, MT – 3, NV – 49, NM – 39, OR – 5,UT – 44, and WY – 15.
2015 WOTUS RULE REPEALEDOn September 12, EPA Administra-
tor Andrew Wheeler and AssistantSecretary of the Army for Civil WorksR.D. James announced the repeal ofthe Obama administration’s CleanWater Rule, better known as theWaters of the United States rule, orWOTUS. The 2015 rule has never fullytaken effect because there have beenmultiple court challenges. The repealformally restores the previous regula-tory regime nationwide until theTrump administration releases its ownrule to deal with the issue of conflict-ing Supreme Court rulings onWOTUS.In December 2018, EPA and the
Army Corp proposed a new definitionthat would clearly define where fed-eral jurisdiction begins and ends inaccordance with the Clean Water Actand Supreme Court precedent. After apublic comment period this spring, theproposed newWOTUS definitions areexpected to be finalized this winter.
PUBLIC LANDS AND WATERMANAGEMENT BILL BECOMESLAWThis spring, the “John D. Dingell, Jr.
Conservation, Management, andRecreation Act of 2019” became law(P.L. 116-9). It’s the first major publiclands and water management billpassed since 2009 and contains over100 pieces of legislation that are laidout in nine titles. In Title VII, “WildlifeHabitat and Conservation,” the newlaw amends the Fish and WildlifeCoordination Act to protect federal“water, oceans, coasts, and wildlifefrom invasive species.” The new lawdefines a number of terms, including“invasive species” and directs the headof each federal Agency (specificallyArmy Corp of Engineers, Agricultureand Interior) to plan and carry out ac-tivities on land directly managed bythe Agency to protect water andwildlife by controlling and managinginvasive species: (1) to inhibit orreduce the populations of invasivespecies; and (2) to effectuate restora-tion or reclamation efforts.While the new law does not author-
ize any additional appropriations, itdirects the Agency heads to allocatetheir existing invasive species fundingin the following manner:• use not less than 75 percent for on-the-ground control and manage-ment of invasive species, whichmayinclude: (1) the purchase of neces-sary products, equipment, or serv-ices to conduct that control andmanagement; (2) the use of inte-grated pest management options,including options that use pesti-cides; (3) the use of biological con-trol agents; (4) the use of revegeta-tion or cultural restorationmethods;(5) the use of monitoring and detec-tion activities for invasive species,including equipment, detectiondogs, and mechanical devices;
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(6) the use of appropriate methodsto remove invasive species from avehicle or vessel capable of con-veyance; or (7) the use of other ef-fective mechanical or manualcontrol methods.
• use not more than 15 percent for in-vestigations, development activities,and outreach and public awarenessefforts to address invasive speciescontrol and management needs.
• not more than 10 percent may beused for administrative costs in-curred to carry out those programs,including costs relating to oversightand management of the programs,recordkeeping, and implementationof a strategic plan.
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Lee Van Wychen, Ph.D.Executive Director of Science PolicyNational and Regional Weed ScienceSocieties
5720 Glenmullen PlAlexandria, VA [email protected]: 202-746-4686
WEED SCIENTISTS NEEDEDAT USDA-NIFAIntensive hiring efforts are currently
underway at USDA-NIFA to recruithighly qualified candidates for vacantpositions that need to be filled at theirnew location in Kansas City. Please gotheir careers page for a condensed listof current and upcoming job an-nouncements at:https://nifa.usda.gov/career-opportunities
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I M P O R TA N T C O N TA C T S
PRESIDENTLarry SteckelUniversity of [email protected]
PRESIDENT-ELECTBill CurranPennsylvania State [email protected]
VICE-PRESIDENTAnita DilleKansas State [email protected]
PAST-PRESIDENTScott SensemanUniversity of TennesseeInstitute of AgricultureDepartment of Plant [email protected]
CONSTITUTION/MOPSMark BernardsWestern Illinois [email protected]
SECRETARYDarrin DoddsMississippi State [email protected]
TREASURERPhil BanksMarathon [email protected]
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Bryan YoungPurdue [email protected]
EXECUTIVE SECRETARYEric Gustafson12110 N. Pecos St., Suite #220Westminster, CO 80234Telephone: (720) [email protected]
REGIONAL SOCIETYREPRESENTATIVES:
AQUATIC PLANT MANAGEMENTSOCIETY (APMS) REPRob RichardsonNorth Carolina State [email protected]
NEWSS REPRakesh ChandranWest Virginia [email protected]
NCWSS REPGreg [email protected]
SWSS REPJohn ByrdMississippi State [email protected]
WSWS REPMarty SchraerSyngenta Crop [email protected]
CWSS-SCMFrancois TardifUniversity of [email protected]
IWSS REPNilda Roma-BurgosUniversity of [email protected]
DIRECTOR OF PUBLICATIONSSarah WardColorado State [email protected]
NEWSLETTER EDITORCarl Libbey225 S. 10th StMount Vernon, WA [email protected]
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OFSCIENCE POLICYLee Van Wychen5720 Glenmullen PlaceAlexandria, VA [email protected]
CAST REPDallas PetersonKansas State [email protected]
GRAD STUDENT REPNick SteppigPurdue State [email protected]
NIFA FELLOWJim KellsMichigan State UniversityDepartment of Plant, Soil andMicrobial Sciences
EPA LIAISONGreg KrugerUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln402 West State Farm RoadNorth Platte, NE [email protected]
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CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTSDATE EVENT LOCATION CONTACT
November 18–21, 2019 Canadian Weed Science Society Delta Hotel www.weedscience.caAnnual Meeting (CWSS) Kelowna, British Columbia
December 10–13, 2019 North Central Weed Science Society Hyatt Regency Hotel www.ncwss.orgAnnual Meeting (NCWSS) Columbus, Ohio
January 6–9, 2020 Northeastern Weed Science Society Philadelphia, Pennsylvania www.newss.orgAnnual Meeting (NEWSS)
January 26–30, 2020 Southern Weed Science Society Beau Rivage www.swss.wsAnnual Meeting (SWSS) Biloxi, Mississippi
March 2–5, 2020 Weed Science Society of Hyatt Regency Maui www.wssa.net andAmerica (WSSA) and the Resort and Spa www.wsweedscience.orgWestern Society of Weed Maui, HawaiiScience (WSWS) JointAnnual Meeting
Additional Weed Science Meetings and Events can be found at http://wssa.net/meeting/calendar-of-meetings/
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