Mizzou Weed Science team is led by MU Extension weed scientist Kevin Bradley. The team continues its research efforts to find solutions to reducing weeds in Missouri row crops. (Photo by Linda Geist.)
Extension’s weed science team is working on ways to understand and eradicate the millions of weed seed buried in every acre of U.S. cropland, especially seeds of highly invasive, herbicide-resistant weeds like waterhemp and Palmer amaranth.
Only 5%-10% of these buried seeds germinate and emerge each year, but that small percentage can mean big yield losses, says Kevin Bradley, head of the Mizzou Weed Science team.
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