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🌱 From HortScience: Combining steam with quicklime improved soil pathogen control, but effects on weeds were inconsistent—highlighting the need to refine heat-based disinfestation methods. (Steven Fennimore)
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#WeedScience #PlantScience
(C) Posttreatment view of the microplot after plastic was removed. Soil probes were placed perpendicular to steam emitters in the wooden wedge. Type T thermocouple wires used in 2022 were placed adjacent to seed sachets.
October 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
potculturemagazine.com
#SecondSesh THCA vs THC (5-13-25) THCA won’t get you high until you heat it. Here’s the science, the loopholes, and why it matters.

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#PotCultureMagazine #420Community #CannabisCulture #Cannabis #THCA #THC #WeedScience #Legality #StonerFam #CannabisNews
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October 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
potculturemagazine.com
#SecondSesh Brain Games – Another study claims cannabis fries your brain—but what’s the real story? We’re breaking it down (with a joint in hand).
(Jan. 29, 2025)
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#PotCultureMagazine #CannabisCommunity #StonerFam #WeedScience #Cannabis #CannabisCulture #Weed #StonerStudy
February 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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📝 It’s newsletter time! Got news, updates, awards, photos, or research highlights to share?

The #WSWS 2025 Summer Newsletter is in the works!

📅 Deadline: August 20
📬 Send submissions to: wswsnewslettereditor@gmail.com

#weedscience #weedmanagement #invasiveplants
August 4, 2025 at 9:57 PM
aquastemconsulting.bsky.social
Many invasions of #aquaticplants start out innocently enough…but can quickly escalate to require a significant amount of management resources and economic support.

#invasiveplants #lakemanagement #environmentalconsulting #aquaticplantmanagement #weedscience #aquaticweeds
July 16, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Came across the tallest scotch broom plants I’ve ever encountered (tops at red lines). Wondering if this is a response to the new biocontrol agents. #invasivespecies #weedscience #ecology #plantscience
January 12, 2025 at 1:21 AM
wsweedsci.bsky.social
📅 The 2026 WSWS Annual Meeting is headed to Tucson, AZ — March 2–5, 2026 at the Tucson Marriott University Park.

Join us for in-depth discussions on #weeds, #invasiveplants, & integrated management strategies tailored to #weedscience in western North America.

#WSWS #WSWS2026
July 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
aquastemconsulting.bsky.social
Informative article on the management of invasive Brazilian peppertree in #Florida by Dr. Carey Minteer and colleagues! 🌱

mynews13.com/fl/orlando/n...

#invasivespecies #invasiveplants #weedscience #biocontrol #brazilianpepper #aquastemconsulting
Invasive Brazilian peppertrees cover 700,000 acres across Florida
They were first brought to the state in the 1800s.
mynews13.com
August 25, 2025 at 3:35 AM
aquastemconsulting.bsky.social
Heads-up for managers using RoundUp - the ingredients have changed.

www.canr.msu.edu/news/not-you...

#aquastemconsulting #invasiveplants #herbicide #weedscience #herbicides #pesticide #glyphosate
June 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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disciplines including
#anatomy
#agroforestry
#agronomy
#agriculture
#bioinformatics
#breeding
#cropscience
#ecology
#evolution
#forestry
#genetics
#‘omics (e.g. #genomics, #proteomics, and #metabolomics)
#soilscience
#pathology
#physiology
#weedscience
November 20, 2024 at 5:18 PM
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💧 August is #WaterQualityMonth! Healthy waters start with smart weed management. 🌿 By controlling #invasiveplants responsibly, we protect ecosystems, support recreation and habitat, and keep drinking water clean.

columbiabasinherald.com/news/2025/au...

#WSWS #weedscience
Invasive weeds threaten Columbia Basin ecosystems
MOSES LAKE – The Columbia Basin has become home to a variety of invasive plant species, with the most notorious being noxious weeds. “Weeds are a big issue,” said Nicole Jordan from the Washington D...
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August 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
wsweedsci.bsky.social
invasive fuel loads and protect communities, ecosystems, and working lands.

#weedscience #wildfires #fireprevention #wildlandfire #wildfiresafety
April 17, 2025 at 11:44 PM
wsweedsci.bsky.social
⏰***LAST CHANCE****⏰ - Applications for the Elena Sanchez Memorial #WSWS Outstanding Student Scholarship Program are due TOMORROW, OCTOBER 3.

Please visit wsweedscience.org/wp-content/u... to learn more

#weedscience #gradstudents #scholarship #invasiveplants
October 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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disciplines including
#anatomy
#agroforestry
#agronomy
#agriculture
#bioinformatics
#breeding
#cropscience
#ecology
#evolution
#forestry
#genetics
#‘omics (e.g. #genomics, #proteomics, and #metabolomics)
#soilscience
#pathology
#physiology
#weedscience
March 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
plantenv.bsky.social
📢 SWBio DTP PhD Opportunity - The enemy of my enemy… why does Zymoseptoria infect wheat but not wheat’s worst weed blackgrass?
📄 Full details: www.swbio.ac.uk/agriculture-...
Apply www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
🗓️ Closing Date: Midnight, Wed 11 Dec #PhD #PlantPathology #WeedScience #AgriResearch
November 22, 2024 at 9:20 AM
csuagbio.bsky.social
🌱 What if the scrappy traits we try to weed out… are exactly what crops need to survive?
“weedy” traits like drought & pest resistance could power a new Green Revolution 🌎🌾💪
Read more below, co-authored by AgBio alum, Jake Montgomery
#CSUAgBio #weedscience #CropGenetics #ClimateSmartAg
Using weedy traits in crops as part of a new green revolution
Crop production faces major challenges, including climate change, biodiversity loss, and global food insecurity, with the need to produce more food under increasingly difficult climatic conditions wi....
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June 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
insilicoplants.bsky.social
disciplines including
#anatomy
#agroforestry
#agronomy
#agriculture
#bioinformatics
#breeding
#cropscience
#ecology
#evolution
#forestry
#genetics
#‘omics (e.g. #genomics, #proteomics, and #metabolomics)
#soilscience
#pathology
#physiology
#weedscience
December 12, 2024 at 3:34 PM
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Dope #weedscience #science #academicsky
November 20, 2024 at 1:38 AM
lindzeamays.bsky.social
Beginning stages of a weedy cranberry bog painting for a weed scientist. Will be a fun challenge to capture the undergrowth details.

#SciArt #illustrator #botany #plantbiology #weedscience 🐡
December 9, 2023 at 3:26 PM
potculturemagazine.com
#HighQs: According to NASA data, hemp plants can absorb more CO₂ per acre than trees. The planet’s lungs might just be leafy and green. 🌍🌱 #PotCultureMagazine #WeedScience #Cannabis #Hemp #CannabisCulture #NASA #420Community #Weedlife #StonerFam #CannabisCommunity #Weed #CO2

May 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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#TheReUp: Does weed spark true creativity—or make everything *feel* like a masterpiece? We separate elevated insight from stoned illusion. wp.me/pflf86-21X #PotCultureMagazine #WeedScience #CannabisCulture
April 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
ucdavisplants.bsky.social
🌱 From Weed Technology: Florpyrauxifen-benzyl controls 2-meter-tall common cattail in rice fields with minimal crop injury. (Deniz Inci, Kassim Al-Khatib)

▶️ bioone.org/journals/wee...

#WeedScience #PlantSceince
Herbicide efficacy of common cattail at 28 DAT in experiments conducted near Stockton, CA. Treatments were florpyrauxifen-benzyl at 40 g ai ha–1 on 0- to 1-m-tall common cattail (A), florpyrauxifen-benzyl at 40 g ai ha–1 on 1- to 2-m-tall common cattail (B), florpyrauxifen-benzyl at 40 g ha–1 on 0- to 1-m-tall common cattail followed by florpyrauxifen-benzyl at 40 g ha–1 on 1- to 2-m-tall common cattail (C), florpyrauxifen-benzyl at 80 g ha–1 on 0- to 1-m-tall common cattail (D)
July 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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⚠️ Poison hemlock & Western waterhemlock are deadly - just a few bites can kill #livestock or humans. They impact up to 5% of grazing animals in the West yearly.

👉 Know your #weeds. Understand the science.

🔗 extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog/pub/...

#WSWS #weedscience #agscience #noxiousweeds
Poison hemlock and Western waterhemlock: Deadly plants that may be growing in your pasture
Poisonous plants are a major cause of economic loss to the livestock industry. Two poisonous plants common to Oregon are poison hemlock and Western water hemlock. Ingestion of either by humans or live...
extension.oregonstate.edu
June 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
potculturemagazine.com
#HighQs: Cannabis seeds can survive for years in salt water and still sprout on distant shores. Weed was built for rebellion; even nature made sure it traveled. 🌊🌿
#PotCultureMagazine #WeedScience #CannabisCulture #420Community #Cannabis #WeedLife #CannabisCommunity #Weed #Seed
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July 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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🌵🔥 The #SonoranDesert is the most biodiverse desert in the world, but #stinknet is changing things. It quickly dries into highly flammable brush, fueling #wildfires in a place where fire is historically rare.

www.sdcwma.org/species/stin...

#WSWS #weedscience #invasiveplants #wildfirerisk #weeds
August 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM