The future of herbicide resistance

About this episode

Dr. Patrick Tranel discusses his research on weed genomics and herbicide resistance with host Kathryn Seebruck.

In this episode of Talking Crop, Dr. Patrick Tranel, Professor of Weed Molecular Biology and Genomics in the Department of Crop Sciences at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and host, Kathryn Seebruck, discuss Dr. Tranel's research in weed genomics and herbicide resistance as well as the implications of metabolic resistance as it relates to the future of weed control. ISA Webinar: Understanding Inconsistent Performance of Glufosinate for Waterhemp Control Weed Science journal article: Confirmation and Transcriptomic Characterization of Glufosinate-Ammonium Resistance in Waterhemp (Amaranthus tuberculatus) Populations from Illinois Guest contact: tranel@illinois.edu Host contact: seebruck@illinois.edu | (815) 986-4357

People in this episode

Host: Kathryn Seebruck

Guest: Dr. Patrick Tranel

Topics covered

• herbicide resistance
• weed genomics
• weed control
• metabolic resistance
• crop sciences

Keywords

• herbicide resistance
• weed control
• genomics
• metabolic resistance
• crop sciences
• Waterhemp
• glufosinate

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois Extension

Books & works: Confirmation and Transcriptomic Characterization of Glufosinate-Ammonium Resistance in Waterhemp (Amaranthus tuberculatus) Populations from Illinois

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