Weed Science Society of North Carolina

Weeds and Weed Control Issues
in North Carolina Turfgrass

Proceedings of the WSSNC Twenty-first Annual Meeting
March 6, 2003

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Opening Remarks - Dr. Dunk Porterfield, Syngenta, President, WSSNC
2. Welcome from NCSU Administration - Dr. Katie Perry, Assistant Dean for Administration, NCSU College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
3. Overview of North Carolina Turfgrass Industry - Dr. Art Bruneau, Department of Crop Science
4. Current Challenges and Hot Topics in Home Lawn Weed Control - Mr. Sam Long, Owner, Fairway Green, Inc.
5. Weed Control Issues in North Carolina Golf Courses - Mr. Ron Gilmore, Director of Grounds and Maintenance, Prestonwood Country Club
6. Recent and Current Research Efforts in North Carolina Turfgrass Dr. Fred Yelverton, Department of Crop Science
7. Agrichemical Industry Perspective on the Past, Present and Future of Developing Products for Turfgrass Dr. Joe DiPaola, Syngenta
   
   Student Presentations
   Weed Control During Centipedegrass Establishment
   Travis Gannon, NCSU Crop Science
   Biology of Cutleaf Evening Primrose (Oenothera laciniata)
   Scott Clewis, NCSU Crop Science
   Effects of glyphosate on reproductive abnormalities and yield in glyphosate-resistant corn
   Walter Scott, NCSU Crop Science
   Downard movement of pesticides in bermudagrass Vs fallow
   Henning Cummings, NCSU Crop Science
   Spatial Heterogeneity of Edaphic Variables and Sedge Populaions in Golf Course Fairways
   Scott McElroy, NCSU Crop Science
   
   
   Minutes - Tom McKemie, Secretary/Treasurer
   Awards and Contests - Sue Rick
   Officers and Membership