The 66th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Weed Science Society

2012/11/12 0:00:00        Manitoba,Canada

Venue:Fairmont Hotel in Winnipeg, Manitoba
           
Website:http://www.weedscience.ca/annual-meeting

Organizer:Canadian Weed Science Society
   Contact person:Canadian Weed Science Society
   Tel:(204) 753-2915

The theme for this years plenary session is:

Evolution in Action: Changes in Weeds from Crop Domestication to Glyphosate Resistance. 

The main speakers for this Plenary Session and their proposed topics are:

* Steven Shirtliffe, University of Saskatchewan – Introduction + Evolution of crops from wild plants and weeds
* Leslie Campbell, Ryerson University – Evolution of weeds from crops
* J C Cahill, University of Alberta – Evolution of social behavior in plants
* Carol Mallory-Smith, Oregon State University – Mechanisms contributing to the evolution of glyphosate resistance
* Len Juras, Dow AgroSciences – Industry response to weed evolution
* Neil Harker, AAFC Lacombe – Slowing weed evolution with integrated weed management