Pasture Weeds

Weed Identification

Proper weed identification is a must for optimizing weed control operations. One of the educational efforts that we use at the Range Cattle Research and Education Center is the Forage and Weed Nursery. This nursery contains approximately 40 forages and 165 weed species commonly found in Florida pastures and rangeland. Funds for building the nursery were provided by Integrated Pest Management Florida, the South Florida Beef-Forage Program, and Dow AgroSciences.

Presenters

Greg MacDonald is an associate professor of Weed Science in the Agronomy Dept at the University of Florida. He teaches the undergraduate and several graduate level weed science courses and has recently begun teaching on-line courses. His research focus is weed physiology and the interactions of herbicides with plants. He also works on cogongrass management, physiology and restoration. He also cooperates in the management of natalgrass, torpedograss and other perennial grassy invasive species.

This page was last updated on April 27, 2012.