Newsletter Volume 42, No. 3 July, 2014 What a year this has been for nearly everyone in our society. If you live in the Northeast or North Central you have been shivering for months and if you live in the West you are probably worn out performing rain dances all year. Even the South had much cooler temperatures than normal. Now that summer is here, many of us are figuring out how these events will affect our field experiments. Despite all this, WSSA has been marching forward with new activities and events. In mid-May, I attended the Invasive Species Advisory Committee (ISAC). WSSA and the regional societies are well represented on the committee with Pat Burch, Eric Lane (WSWS), myself, and ISAC’s newest and distinguished member Janis McFarland. Following the meeting, Mike Barrett, Donn Shilling, Lee Van Wychen and I visited with Rosalind James, the new USDA-ARS National Program Leader who is primarily in charge of the pest management programs. If you remember, she replaced the late John Lydon, who tragically passed away in a car accident in California two years ago. We spent 1.5 hours discussing important national issues facing our discipline. This is critical, as USDA-ARS is currently developing its 5-year plan which we hope will recognize the economic and ecological importance of agricultural, aquatic and natural areas weeds. We hope that the lines of communication between Dr. James and WSSA will always be open to address important questions she or we may have for each other. We also asked her to introduce herself to our society by inviting her to give a brief overview on the 5-year plan to the WSSA membership at the plenary session of the annual meeting in Lexington, Kentucky, next February.After our meeting with Dr. James, we met with Marty Draper, who is the National Program Leader for the IPM projects. You have probably seen the RFP for the Federal IPM grants program. Our meeting with Marty was very productive and he is quite supportive of weed science. In fact, he emphasized the importance of Invasion Genetics Symposium . 7 Washington Report .......... 8 Land in Farms Percentage Map . 11 Contacts at Allen Press ....... 11 Important Addresses ......... 12 Calendar of Events .......... 13 CONTINUED on pg 2 ➤➤ IN THIS ISSUE Call for WSSA Papers .......... 3 2015 Meeting Section Chairs . . . 6 Biological Invasion Conference . . 7 CALL FOR PAPERS CALL FOR PAPERS 2015 GUIDELINES 2015 GUIDELINES (details inside on pages 3 (details inside on pages 3 – – 6) 6)
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Volume 42, No. 3July, 2014
What a year this has been for nearly everyone in oursociety. If you live in the Northeast or North Central youhave been shivering for months and if you live in theWest you are probably worn out performing rain dancesall year. Even the South had much cooler temperaturesthan normal. Now that summer is here, many of us are
figuring out how these events will affect our field experiments.Despite all this, WSSA has been marching forward with new activities and
events. In mid-May, I attended the Invasive SpeciesAdvisory Committee (ISAC).WSSA and the regional societies are well represented on the committee with PatBurch, Eric Lane (WSWS), myself, and ISAC’s newest and distinguishedmemberJanis McFarland. Following the meeting, Mike Barrett, Donn Shilling, Lee VanWychen and I visited with Rosalind James, the new USDA-ARS NationalProgram Leader who is primarily in charge of the pest management programs.If you remember, she replaced the late John Lydon, who tragically passed awayin a car accident in California two years ago. We spent 1.5 hours discussingimportant national issues facing our discipline. This is critical, as USDA-ARS iscurrently developing its 5-year plan which we hope will recognize the economicand ecological importance of agricultural, aquatic and natural areas weeds. Wehope that the lines of communication between Dr. James and WSSAwill alwaysbe open to address important questions she or we may have for each other.We also asked her to introduce herself to our society by inviting her to give a briefoverview on the 5-year plan to the WSSAmembership at the plenary session ofthe annual meeting in Lexington, Kentucky, next February. After our meetingwith Dr. James, we met with Marty Draper, who is the National Program Leaderfor the IPM projects. You have probably seen the RFP for the Federal IPMgrants program. Our meeting with Marty was very productive and he is quitesupportive of weed science. In fact, he emphasized the importance of
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Washington Report . . . . . . . . . . 8
Land in Farms Percentage Map . 11
Contacts at Allen Press . . . . . . . 11
Important Addresses . . . . . . . . . 12
Calendar of Events . . . . . . . . . . 13
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Published quarterly by the WeedScience Society ofAmerica. Subscrip-tion included in the annual dues paidby members of the Society. Addresscorrespondence and information to:
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representing weed science in the grant evaluation process. As such, he noted thathe was going to make sure that the evaluation committee for the grants had equalnumber of entomologists, plant pathologists, and weed scientists. That wasrefreshing to hear, for a change.At the end of the day, we went to the EPA building where Mike Barrett, and
previously Jill Schroeder, serves as the subject matter expert. We met with acouple of the people that Mike and Jill worked with on a regular basis. Themeeting re-enforced our feeling that the mutual relationship betweenWSSAandEPA is extraordinary. They raved about Jill and Mike and they truly are gratefulfor our commitment to supporting the EPA liaison. Both Mike and Jill developedgood friendships with personnel at EPAand this makes their work together all themore effective.In the past month, Joyce Lancaster pointed out that our society’s Strategic Plan
is now eight years old and needed some updating. Consequently, I appointedVanelle Peterson to Chair an ad hoc committee composed of seven mid-careerweed scientists that we felt would be among those in the future (and current)leadership of the society. The committee should have a new Strategic Planfinalized by the Lexington meeting in 2015, and you will be hearing moreabout that.Probably one of the most notable new items during the past three months is the
completion of the 10th Edition of theHerbicide Handbook by Dale Shaner and hiscommittee. The book has been submitted to Allen Press, whom we chose as thepublisher after sending the specs out for bid. Initially the Herbicide Handbook
will be published as a hardcopy, but ultimately the Director of Publications, SarahWard, is looking into making it available in an electronic format. The book shouldbe available in mid-summer and I am sure you will see an advertisement shortly,or perhaps already.The society is still recruiting for a WSSA Fellow to serve as a subject matter
expert to NIFA.I hope to report a successful search in my next newsletter. Onanother note, you should have already received the call for symposia for theLexington meeting. The WSSA Board of Directors meets in Lexington July 8–9.Dallas Peterson, the President-Elect, will present to the Board the proposals andthose symposia that will be approved for the 2015 meeting. Dallas is also puttingtogether the conference program for the meetings.Those are the major items of interest to the society. By the next newsletter, we
should have more information on the 2015 meeting, as well as updates on theHerbicide Handbook, WSSA Fellow and other items of interest. Have a greatsummer everyone.
Joe DiTomasoPresident, WSSA
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CALL FOR PAPERS2015 WSSA MEETING
INVITATIONYou are invited to submit titles and abstracts for papers
and posters to be presented at the Weed Science Society ofAmerica Meeting in Lexington, Kentucky, on February9–12, 2015, Monday to Thursday. Volunteer papers may bepresented orally in one of the section meetings or as aposter. An individual may personally present only onevolunteer, non-poster paper. This rule will be strictlyfollowed. In addition to the volunteer paper, an individualmay present a poster, may be co-author of paperspresented by other authors, and may present an invitedsymposium paper.
DEADLINEAbstract Titles and Author Information must be sub-
mitted electronically byOctober 2, 2014, 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 January 15, 2015. The programwill be posted onthe WSSA website (http://www.wssa.net) and memberswill be informed when it is available by “ListServe” fromJoyce Lancaster.
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.
PROJECTION EQUIPMENTTheWSSAhas adopted LCD projection for PowerPoint
presentations as the standard and will be used exclusively
during the annual meeting. LCD projectors and comput-ers will be supplied by WSSA members and coordinatedby section chairs. Screens, microphones, carts, and exten-sion cords will continue to be supplied byAV services andpaid for by the Society. In order to make this process go assmoothly 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 25MB. No audio clips or sounds will be allowed. Video clipsare discouraged unless absolutely necessary. PowerPointanimation is discouraged. Please contact the section chairone week PRIOR to sending your presentation if you needto use a video clip. Limit fonts used in the presentation tobasic fonts, as not all machines may have the same choiceof fonts. Examples of standard fonts are Times, Arial,Courier, Tahoma, or similar equivalents. Section chairs andcomputer operators are not responsible for changesin fonts, bullets, and other formatting at the time ofpresentation. Use up-to-date virus protection software toavoid infecting the computers provided by the sectionchairs.Submission of Presentations
Presentations must be uploaded on the submissionsite prior to the meeting. Section chairs must receive thepresentation at least one week in advance of the meeting(no later than February 2, 2015). 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.EquipmentAWindows PC laptop computer and projector will be
provided for each session. Presenters willNOT be allowedto use their own computers in the sessions. If possible,computers will be located on the podium in each session.
55th Annual Meeting of the Weed Science Society of AmericaLexington, Kentucky • February 9–12, 2015
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If this is not possible, an infrared remote providing for-ward and backward control of the PowerPoint presentationwill be provided in each session.Be alert to changes, modifications, and refinements to
these 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 Weed Science Society of America website(http://www.wssa.net).• After September 4, 2014, 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.
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, au-thor(s), the affiliation (institution, agency or company),and location (city and state or country, but not the zipcode). When authors are from different locations or af-filiations, group authors by their affiliations/locations.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-bicides and well-known crop plants. You do not needto type the title in bold-face; the system will do thatautomatically. First names followed by initial (periodafter initial) should be typed before last names of allauthors. The site will provide a method for indicatingthe presenter, be sure to specify the presenting author.
Do not include departments, divisions or zip codes. Donot 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 theWSSA is avail-able at http://wssa.net/Weeds/Tools/Herbicides/HerbicideNames.htm. When the common name refersto the parent acid, salt or ester forms used in the exper-iments should be identified at the first mention of thecommon name (e.g., methyl ester of diclofop). At thefirst mention of an herbicide application rate, listwhether the weight is acid equivalent (ae) or activeingredient (ai) (e.g., kg ai ha-1). If no common name isavailable, use its designation (trade name or code)followed by the full chemical name. If the chemistry isconfidential, identify the source (company) in paren-theses after designation.
5. Adjuvant nomenclature – Where possible, use theWSSAHerbicide Handbook, 9th edition (2007), p. 421–423;Weed Science (1985) 33 (Suppl. 1): 22–23; or the WSSAMonograph (1982) Adjuvants for Herbicides. Otherwise,use themost complete available chemical description ofthe 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/Weeds/ID/WeedNames/namesearch.php. If there isno WSSA-designated common name, use commonscientific names from another source such as HortusThird.
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 firstmention 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 the
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terminology 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, 9th edition (2007), p. 431–434 formetric conversions.
10. Abbreviations – Use abbreviations as shown at http://www.peertrack.net/WSSA/WSSA_Dir_to_Contrib.pdfor CBE Style Manual.
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.
SUBJECT INDEXA subject index consisting of weed/crop names, herbi-
cides, and other key words will be included in additionto the author index. Providing key words to be used inindexing will be the responsibility of the authors. Words inthe title are not automatically indexed. Only key words pro-vided by the authors will be used. The abstract submissionsite utilizes a new key word system. There are drop downboxes for each type of subject with a listing of choices. It isrecommended that you utilize these pre-selected choices,but there is an area for authors to type in user defined keywords that are not found in any of the selections.1. A maximum of five key words per abstract will beindexed. Most abstracts should only require two orthree words.
2. Prioritize key words based on the importance of a givensubject, especially for abstracts containing more thanfive weeds and herbicides. Use a priority ranking of(a) weeds and/or crops, (b) herbicides, other chemicals(including adjuvants) and other types of weed control(e.g., cultural, biological), (c) additional topic words orphrases.
3. Use scientific name of weeds, without authority. Genusplus species is considered one key word.
4. Genera names may be used when more than onespecies in that genus is mentioned in the abstract.
5. Use common names of crops (for less common crops,use scientific names without authority).
6. Use common names of herbicides and other chemi-cals (including adjuvants) or code numbers for exper-imental compounds.
7. Chemical class names, e.g., sulfonylureas, should beused when more than one herbicide in that class ismentioned in the abstract.
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). The difference between a poster and a com-mercial exhibit must be clearly understood. The commer-cial exhibits are presented by SustainingMembers ofWSSAand consist of educational information of a promotionalnature about products or services. Posters may be presentedby personnel of the same sustaining member companiesand may concern commercial products, but they mustpresent results of completed research with these productsrather 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 theperiod 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 2016 (Section Chair in 2017) and discuss recom-mendations for improvement of the Poster Session.
3. Poster Boards. One board 48 x 48 inches will beprovided for each poster. There will be no exceptionsto the rule of one board 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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SECTION CHAIRS FOR 2015 PROGRAMGeneral Program ChairDallas PetersonKansas State UniversityDepartment of Agronomy2014 Throckmorton HallManhattan, KS [email protected]
Vice-ChairKevin BradleyUniversity of Missouri201 Waters HallColumbia, MO [email protected]
SECTION CHAIRS
1. AGRONOMIC CROPSJonathan HuffDow AgroSciences14374 Murphy Circle WestCarmel, IN [email protected]
2. HORTICULTURAL CROPSCalvin OderoUniversity of Florida3200 E Palm Beach RdBelle Glade, FL [email protected]
3. TURF AND ORNAMENTALSPatrick McCulloughUniversity of Georgia1109 Experiment StGriffin, GA [email protected]
4. PASTURES, RANGELANDS,FORESTS AND RIGHT–OF-WAYSJoe OmielanUniversity of KentuckyPlant and Soil Sciences1405 Veterans Dr., Rm 417Lexington, KY [email protected]
5. WILDLAND AND AQUATICINVASIVESJohn MadsenUSDA-ARSUniv. of California-DavisPlant Sciences, Mail Stop 4Davis, CA [email protected]
6. REGULATORY ASPECTSChris DionigiUS Dept of Interior1201 Eye St NW, Ste 570-!Washington, DC [email protected]
7. TEACHING AND EXTENSIONTodd BaughmanOklahoma State University –IAB3210 Sam Noble ParkwayArdmore, OK [email protected]
12. SOIL ANDENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTSHarry StrekBayer CropScience AGWeed Control ResearchIndustriepark Hoechst, H 872Frankfurt, Germany [email protected]
13. INTEGRATED WEEDMANAGEMENTAnil ShresthaMS: M/S AS72California State UniversityDept of Plant Science2415 E. San Ramon Ave.Fresno, CA [email protected]
14. SUSTAINING MEMBEREXHIBITSSteve GyllingGylling Data Management, Inc.405 Martin BlvdBrookings, SD [email protected]
15. POSTER SESSIONSReginald FletcherCrop Production SystemsResearch Unit
8th European Conference on Biological lnvasionsNOVEMBER 3–8, 2014 • ANTALYA, TURKEY
About the Meeting: The progressing and escalatingthreats posed by invasive alien species suggest thatimmediate cooperative, specific planning is necessary tohalt biodiversity loss. Scientific, technical, political andlegal actions need to be put in place urgently in order todiminish the ecological and economic impacts of biologicalinvasions. In this framework, NEOBIOTA 2014 will providean international high-level forum to incorporate researchinto decision making processes in management of invasivealien species. NEOBIOTA will constitute an importantopportunity to advance the dialogue and strengthen coop-eration between the scientific community, conservationagencies, stakeholders, and policy and decision makers.Researchers, representatives from governmental entities,non-profit organizations, and any person or party involved inbiodiversity conservation and natural resource manage-ment are invited to participate and share ideas, newresults and opinions in the field of biological invasions.To read more about the meeting, please visit http://neobiota2014.org/ or contact Dr. Ahmet Uludag atÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, [email protected]
About Antalya: It is also known as “the paradise onearth,” “the pearl of the Mediterranean,” and “the TurkishRiviera.” It has the most magnificent and best-preservedancient theatre in Asia and Africa called the “AspendosTheatre.” In addition to numerous archaeological cities andhistoric buildings, Antalya offers lots of waterfalls, cavesand an endless beach. The 15 of the world’s top 100hotels are in Antalya. The golf clubs of Antalya are amongthe favorites of internationally famous golfers. The city wasvisited by Attalos, and subsequently by queens andemperors such as Cleopatra and Hadrian. The AntalyaMuseum is one of the world’s most important museums.Along with a cultural heritage deeply rooted in history,Antalya’s coves and highlands of unique beauty, pristinebeaches, the excitement of discovering national parks withtheir rich flora and fauna, ancient cities, museums andKaleigi; the mystery of the mountains and the peacefulMediterranean coves drawing you away; the romance ofwatching an opera outdoors under the stars at night; sam-pling the unique delicacies of Turkish cuisine make Antalyamost to see. Meeting the hospitable people of Antalya isjust another part of the pleasant experience.
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Mark the 50th anniversary of one of the most important books in evolutionary biology:
The Genetics of Colonizing Species (1965)! This classic volume was based
on a symposium at Asilomar, California in 1964
and initiated the study of the genetics and evolution of invasive species.
To revisit the historical legacy of the meeting and book, we are pleased to announce
a symposium at Asilomar from August 13–15, 2014. Registration open!
https://invasion-genetics.eventbrite.com
Invasion Genetics: The Baker and Stebbins LegacySymposium • 13-15 August 2014A symposium at Asilomar, CA (USA)
WASHINGTONREPORTWASHINGTONREPORT by LeeVan Wychen, Director of Science Policy
FY 2015 USDA APPROPRIATIONSThe FY 2015 appropriations process
is in full swing as the Administrationreleased its budget request in Apriland the House and Senate marked uptheir draft USDA budget in May. In-cluded in the table is the enactedbudget for each of the USDAagenciesin FY 2014, followed by the proposedFY 2015 numbers from the Adminis-tration, House and Senate. The USDAAnimal and Plant Health InspectionService (APHIS), Economic ResearchService (ERS), National AgriculturalStatistics Service (NASS) and theNational Resource Conservation Serv-ice (NRCS) are all slated for higherbudgets by theAdministration, Houseand Senate compared to FY 2014. TheAdministration’s budget for the Agri-cultural Research Service (ARS) isdown 1.6% percent to $1.104 billioncompared to FY 2014 while the Senateproposed a $17 million increase forARS compared to FY 2014. The Ad-ministration proposed a 4.4% increasefor the USDA National Institute ofFood andAgriculture (NIFA) to $1.335billion compared to FY 2014 while theHouse proposed a NIFAbudget for FY2015 that’s a smidge lower than its$1.277 billion it received this year.Within NIFA, the Agriculture and
Food Research Initiative (AFRI) isproposed to increase 2.8% from $316million to $325 million in all three FY2015 budget proposals. Similarly, allthree budget proposals for FY 2015
from the Administration, the House,and the Senate have the Hatch Actstaying at $244 million, the SmithLever 3b and 3c funding for extensionstaying at $300 million, and IR-4 pro-gram funding staying at $11.9 million.The new Farm Bill that was passed inFebruary also revived two programsthat would have expired. The Spe-cialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI)will get $80 million per year inmandatory funding. The OrganicAgriculture Research and ExtensionInitiative (OREI) will get $20 millionper year.
USDA NIFA CROP PROTECTIONAND PEST MANAGEMENTFUNDINGThe RFA for the USDA NIFA Crop
Protection and Pest Management(CPPM) grants program closes onJune 19. WSSAhad circulated the RFAinmidMay.While you are likely read-ing this after the RFA has closed,the Science Policy Committee wouldlike to pass along some informationregarding the equitable distribution offunds among the pest managementdisciplines. CPPM received $17.1 mil-lion in funding for FY 2014 and isexpected to see the same next year.CPPM contains the funding authori-ties for the Pest ManagementAlterna-tives Program, the IPM grantsprogram, the Regional IPM Centersfunding, and the capacity funds forthe Extension IPM (E-IPM) Coordina-
tors program. Over half of the CPPMfunding authority is derived fromE-IPM capacity funds ($9.9 million).Each eligible institution must submita 3 yr proposal for the E-IPM funds at$300,000 max per year. There is onlyone proposal allowed for an institu-tion. With the “repackaging” of theE-IPM funds into CPPM, there willnow be up to a 30% indirect costcharge. However, USDA is hopingthat universities take less than the 30%rate. The process of developing eachinstitution’s proposal is the responsi-bility of the Director of CooperativeExtension. The Director puts togetherthe writing team and vets the proposalbefore submission. The 2014 directoryof State Extension Service DirectorsandAdministrators can be found here.Every state is a little different in termsof how the E-IPM application processworks and who is the lead P.I. for theE-IPM funds proposal. Some stateshave very good “team efforts” amongthe pest management disciplines.Other states are completely run byone pest management discipline oranother. If your institution is notinclusive of all pest disciplines (specif-ically Weed Science) please let meknow.
HOUSE AND SENATE DIRECTSPENDING TOWARDS HERBICIDERESISTANCEThe FY 2015 agriculture appropria-
tion bills from the House and Senateboth contain directives to the variousUSDA agencies to help improve her-bicide resistance management. In theSenate AgAppropriations Committeebill under the USDA research pro-grams it states: “Herbicide resistantweeds are a major threat to food, feed,and fiber production in the UnitedStates and the problem is expected tocontinue to increase in size and scope.
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USDAAgency
FY 2014FY 2015President
FY 2015House
FY 2015Senate
APHISARSERSNASSNIFANRCS
$821,7211,122,48278,058161,2061,277,067812,939
$834,3411,104,40383,446178,9991,335,536814,772
$867,7051,120,25385,784169,3711,273,804843,053
$872,4141,139,67385,373178,1541,292,448849,295
(in thousands of dollars)
Current funding for research and ex-tension is woefully inadequate. TheCommittee is concerned that the lackof research based information signifi-cantly delays developing effectivemanagement strategies to address theherbicide resistance problem. TheCommittee encourages NIFA, in con-junction with ARS and land-grantinstitutions, to conduct research thatwill more comprehensively addressherbicide resistance. Research mayinclude: identification of herbicideresistant weed populations or thosemost likely to develop resistance, char-acterization of mechanisms of resist-ance, and development of innovativeweed management strategies to over-come current resistance problems anddelay or prevent future ones. In addi-tion, effective and widespread dissem-ination of results to farmers, foresters,and rights of way land managersthrough extension and outreach willbe critical to the success of thisendeavor.”The Senate Ag Approps Committee
also has directives for the NRCS ad-dressing a variety of weed sciencerelated issues including promoting theadoption of cover crops, addressingthe threats posed by invasive plantspecies, and herbicide resistance.Specifically: “Herbicide Resistance –The Committee is concerned that pig-weed has seriously endangered con-servation tillage and has increasedherbicide costs by more than 70 per-cent for some crops. In an effort toaddress herbicide-resistant weeds andassociated environmental concerns,agricultural advisors and producershave become increasingly more ag-gressive with conservation planningand practice implementation to solvethis issue. The Committee directsNRCS to ensure agency staff, partners,and producers are aware of new andinterim conservation practice stan-dards and conservation activity plansto address herbicide-resistant weeds,such as pigweed, and that financialassistance through certain conserva-
tion programs is available to assistproducers in their efforts to controlthese weeds.”The House AgAppropriations com-
mittee has similar directives to manageinvasive weeds and herbicide resist-ance in its markup language. “CheatGrass Eradication —The Committeeencourages ARS to continue researchon cheat grass eradication, control, andthe reduction of fuel loads, includinglate-season grazing techniques, and towork with the NRCS on this effort.”Herbicide Resistance — The Com-mittee reminds NRCS of the chal-lenges many producers are facing dueto the spread of herbicide-resistantweeds and encourages it to ensureagency staff, partners, and producersare aware of conservation practicestandards and conservation activityplans to address herbicide-resistantweeds, and that financial assistancethrough certain conservation programsis available to assist producers in theirefforts to control these weeds. InvasiveAnnual Grasses — The Secretary isencouraged to consider targeted herbi-cide treatments of invasive annualgrasses and restoration efforts to com-pliment juniper control efforts ongreater sage-grouse habitat on privaterangelands.
AQUATIC PLANT RESEARCHGETS $5 MILLION BOOSTOn June 10, the president signed
into law the Water ResourcesReform and Development Act of 2014(WRRDA). This follows Congressionalapproval of the conference agreementreached in May by House and Senatenegotiators that resolved the differ-ences that occurred over six monthsbetween each chamber’s version of thewater resources reauthorization legis-lation. Within WRRDA, there is lan-guage for aquatic invasive speciesprevention and management, as wellas a review of existing Federal author-ities related to responding to invasivespecies, including aquatic weeds.WRRDAincreases the authorization of
funding from $15 million to $20 mil-lion per year that supports the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers’ (ACOE)Aquatic Plant Control Research Pro-gram (APCRP), the nation’s only fed-erally authorized program for researchand development of science-basedmanagement strategies for invasiveaquatic weeds. WRRDA also author-ized $20 million in new annual fund-ing to establish watercraft inspectionstations in the Columbia River Basin tobe located in the States of Idaho, Mon-tana, Oregon, andWashington at loca-tions with the highest likelihood ofpreventing the spread of aquatic inva-sive species at reservoirs operated andmaintained by the ACOE.However, you may be aware that
while APCRP was authorized at $15million per year for the past 20 years,the most they were appropriated was$6 million, and over the last few yearswe have had to scratch tooth and nailto get $4 million in funding appropri-ated. The expertise and institutionalknowledge encompassed byAPCRP isvery underrated and often gets over-looked in the $1.6 billion constructionaccount theACOE oversees. The goodnews is that there was broad bipartisansupport from both chambers on finalpassage of the WRRDA conferenceagreement. In addition, WRRDA ex-panded the scope of research directedto control not just aquatic plantgrowths, but all aquatic invasivespecies. Specifically, the authorizinglanguage will now read: “There ishereby authorized a comprehensiveprogram to provide for prevention, con-trol, and progressive eradication ofnoxious aquatic plant growths andaquatic invasive species from the nav-igable waters, tributary streams, con-necting channels, and other alliedwaters of the United States, in thecombined interest of navigation, floodcontrol, drainage, agriculture, fish andwildlife conservation, public health,and related purposes, including con-tinued research for development of the
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most effective and economic controlmeasures, to be administered by theChief of Engineers, under the directionof the Secretary of the Army, in coop-eration with other Federal and Stateagencies.”
CONTROVERSY ABOUNDSON WOTUSOn April 21, the EPA and Army
Corp of Engineers jointly published arule meant to clarify what are “WatersOf The United States” (WOTUS). Theproposed rule would expand CleanWater Act (CWA) jurisdiction to al-most all waters in the United Statessubjecting thousands of streams,ditches, and other “small” waters tofederal permitting and citizen law-suits, impacting how communities andlandowners manage their public andprivate property. The proposed rulestates that all streams, as well as allwaters and wetlands located in flood-plains and riparian corridors, share aconnection or “nexus” to downstream,traditionally regulated waters and aretherefore subject to default regulation.The proposed definition includes anumber of imprecise and broadly-de-fined terms such as ‘adjacent,’ ‘ripar-ian area’ and ‘floodplain’ that do notclearly delineate which waters are cov-ered. For the first time, ‘tributary’ isdefined and includes bodies of watersuch as manmade and natural ditches.‘Other waters’ also may be subject tothe jurisdiction of the CWA on a case-by-case basis if there is a ‘significantnexus’ to a traditional navigable water.The expanded jurisdiction and theimprecision of the terms used by theagencies may result in significantadded legal and regulatory costs.Farmers, ranchers, home builders andhome owners that conduct activitiesand projects on lands with WOTUSdesignation will be directly affected.Permits may be required for removingdebris and vegetation from a ditch,applying a pesticide, or building afence or pond. In addition, landown-ers will be subject to citizen lawsuits
under CWA provisions, challengingtheir ability to manage their own prop-erty. Opponents of the rule say thatclarification is not necessary becauseEPA and the Corps already have au-thority under the CWAto prosecute il-legal dumping. Under section 402 ofthe CWA, unpermitted discharges ofpollutants that reach jurisdictionalwaters either directly or indirectly areunlawful. EPA is taking comments onthe proposed rule from now throughMonday, October 20, 2014 and has al-ready received over 3.5 million com-ments. To submit your comments viathe Federal Register, please go to:https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2014/04/21/2014-07142/definition-of-waters-of-the-united-states-under-the-clean-water-act#p-5
PESTICIDE REGISTRANTS CANNOW MAKE LEGALLY VALIDPRODUCT LABELS ACCESSIBLEON THE INTERNETIn April, EPA provided guidance to
pesticide registrants for optional par-ticipation in web-distributed labelingfor pesticide products. EPA believesthat voluntary adoption of these rec-ommendations by pesticide registrantswill help pesticide users to better un-derstand and comply with pesticidelabeling. In addition, EPAbelieves thatweb-distributed labeling could allowaddition of new uses, modification ofexisting labeling, and implementationof labeling-based risk mitigationmeas-ures more quickly. However, all pesti-cide products must still be accom-panied by a physical copy of EPA-ap-proved labeling. Those physical prod-uct labels will not be shortened in anyway due to the launch of Web-distrib-uted labeling, but the new process willallow pesticide registrants to include areference to a website from whichpesticide applicators can downloadenforceable labeling. The pesticide reg-istration notice on Web-distributedlabeling is available athttp://www.epa.gov/PR_Notices/
pr2014-1.pdf
USDA-NASS RELEASES2012 AG CENSUSOn May 2, USDA’s National Agri-
cultural Statistics Service (NASS)released the final results of the 2012Census of Agriculture, which is the28th Federal census of agriculture andthe 4th conducted by USDA. The cen-sus of agriculture provides a detailedpicture of U.S. farms and ranchesevery five years. It is the only source ofuniform, comprehensive agriculturaldata for every State and county orcounty equivalent.The USDA Census of Agriculture
homepage is:http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/
(Percent of Land in Farms Rented orLeased in 2012 shown on next page)
USDA-ERS PUBLISHESPESTICIDE USE REPORTThe USDAEconomic Research Serv-
ice (ERS) published an 86 page Eco-nomic Information Bulletin in Maytitled “Pesticide Use in U.S. Agricul-ture: 21 Selected Crops, 1960-2008. Thereport examines trends in pesticide usein U.S. agriculture from 1960 to 2008,focusing on 21 crops that account formore than 70 percent of pesticide use,and identifies the factors affectingthese trends. The report can be foundhere.
Lee Van Wychen, Ph.D.Science Policy DirectorNational and Regional Weed ScienceSocieties
5720 Glenmullen PlaceAlexandria, VA [email protected]: 202-746-4686www.wssa.net
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Percent of Land in Farms Rented or Leased: 2012
U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service
United States38.8 Percent
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July 28–29, 2014 NEWSS Collegiate Weed Science Penn State Research Farm www.newss.orgContest State College, Pennsylvania
November 17–20, 2014 Canadian Weed Science Society/ Montreal, Quebec www.weedscience.caSociété canadienne de malherbologie(CWSS-SCM) Annual Meeting
December 1–4, 2014 North Central Weed Science Minneapolis, Minnesota www.ncwss.orgSociety (NCWSS) Annual Meeting
January 5–8, 2015 Northeastern Weed Science Society Williamsburg Lodge www.newss.org(NEWSS) Annual Meeting Williamsburg, Virginia
January 26–28, 2015 2015 Southern Weed Science Society Savannah, Georgia www.swss.ws(SWSS) Annual Meeting
February 9–12, 2015 Weed Science Society of America Hilton Lexington Downtown and Dallas Peterson(WSSA) Annual Meeting Lexington Convention Center Email: [email protected]
