Recovering Amaranth Seeds from Manure with Drs. Anthony Brusa and Melissa Wilson

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“Comparison of methods to recover amaranth weed seeds from manure” with Drs. Anthony Brusa and Melissa Wilson, Minnesota State University

Palmer Amaranth is a pesky pest that can devastate crops, and when this sneaky pest’s seeds creep into animal feed, they can find their way into unsuspecting farmers’ fields. This episode, Drs. Anthony Brusa and Melissa Wilson give us the inside scoop on what farmers can do when they find out they’ve fed their animals contaminated feed.

Tune in to learn:

· What makes palmer amaranth such a hearty pest

· What methods work best to remove seeds from contaminated manure

· What makes it difficult to separate amaranth out from liquid and bedded manures

· What future research still needs to be done to stop the spread of palmer amaranth

If you would like more information about this topic, this episode’s paper is available here: https://doi.org/10.1002/ael2.20065

This paper is always freely available.

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If you would like to reach out to Anthony, you can find him here: [email protected] Twitter: https://twitter.com/AI_altissima

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If you would like to reach out to Karl Kunze from our Student Spotlight, you can find him here: [email protected] Website: https://karlkunze.github.io/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/kunzx37 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kunz3/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karlkunze/

Resources

CEU Quiz: https://web.sciencesocieties.org/Learning-Center/Courses/Course-Detail?productid=%7b0FF6FA0E-4801-EE11-8F6E-000D3A365051%7d

Transcripts: https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/CUlPuD23U_jT3ERGnEzAbIoXKuIPkJUj95G2qZ_nU9izvGiYGjJaa8akb6ezJseb28tqiJB1leMkv7RieThVIDTPr_Q?loadFrom=SharedLink

Minnesota Department of Agriculture Palmer amaranth Fact Sheet: https://www.mda.state.mn.us/plants/pestmanagement/weedcontrol/noxiouslist/palmeramaranth

University of Minnesota Extension Preventing Palmar amaranth in Minnesota fact sheet: https://extension.umn.edu/annual-broadleaf-weeds/preventing-palmer-amaranth-minnesota

University of Wisconsin Palmer amaranth identification tips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1vB_DQTkHI

Todd Gaines Herbicide Resistance Work: https://agsci.colostate.edu/old-agbio/people-button/faculty/todd-gaines/

Eric Patterson Weed Science Work: https://www.canr.msu.edu/people/eric-patterson

Minnesota Department of Agriculture: https://www.mda.state.mn.us/

Cornell small grains website: https://blogs.cornell.edu/varietytrials/small-grains-wheat-oats-barley-triticale/

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