The Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) announced the agenda for a national scientific summit on herbicide resistant weeds, scheduled for 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. September 10 in Washington, D.C. WSSA plans to offer the event as a live webcast for those unable to attend in person.
Those wishing to participate via webcast will find a link posted on September 10 at http://wssa.net/2014/08/resistance-summit-ii.
Meeting Agenda
9:00 Welcome by USDA
9:15 Current State, Challenges, Accomplishments
10:00 Understanding the Decision Process
10:45 Break
11:15 Economics of Resistance Management
11:45 Community-Based Approaches to Resistance Management
12:30 Lunch
1:30 Global Perspective on Herbicide Resistance
2:00 Diversifying Weed Management Tactics
2:30 New Approaches to Education and Outreach
3:00 Break
3:30 Incentives and Regulations to Manage Herbicide Resistance
4:00 EPA’s Perspective
4:15 Call to Action
Key action items to be discussed at the Summit include:
• Increase awareness that everyone engaged with agriculture has a role in managing
herbicide resistance and accountability for that role.
• Develop a herbicide resistance management certification program for weed
management decision makers and advisors.
• Reduce regulatory barriers to herbicide resistance management; e.g. conservation
compliance.
• Establish prototypical, community-based area-wide herbicide resistance
management programs for specific threats; e.g. Palmer amaranth in Iowa.
• Communicate the effect of herbicide resistance management on short and long-term
farm profitability.
• Implement programs for scouting and controlling weed escapes.
• Provide short-term financial incentives to reduce the cost of developing and
implementing field-by-field herbicide resistance management plans.
• Market/promote consistent and scientifically sound herbicide resistance
management programs.
• Incentivize innovation in non-chemical weed management practices.
