Two posts today to share news about the 66th annual meeting of the Western Society of Weed Science (WSWS) last week in San Diego. This first post will have links to WSWS news and information:
WSWS webpage: http://www.wsweedscience.org/
WSWS-sponsored publications: http://www.wsweedscience.org/Products/Products.asp?cat=1
- Includes the hot-off-the-presses reprinting of the classic "Weeds of the West" which is one of the best-selling weed ID books for the last ~20 years since it was first published.
- Also includes the really-hot-off-the-press book "Weed Control in Natural Areas in the Western United States" edited and authored mostly by UC weed scientists.
- And several other weed management or identification books and software for professionals and amateur weed scientists.
WSWS Research Progress reports: I received the following email link today to the 2013 Research Progress Reports: http://www.wsweedscience.org/Research%20Report%20Archive/2013%20WSWS%20RPR.pdf
Twitter hashtag #WSWSmtg: A recent weed science PhD graduate from Colorado State University saw an opportunity this year to promote and build on the WSWS meeting using Twitter. He convinced several weed scientists from various western universities to tweet updates during at the WSWS meeting using the hashtag #WSWSmtg. If you are a twitterer (twit, twerp?) you can check that out as well.
I'd encourage folks interested in weed science in the western US to look through some of the information provided by, about, and through the WSWS. It is a great organization focused on the myriad of weed science issues unique to the Western US.
Brad