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📣Laser weeding shows promise! New research from the #WSSA shows laser technology can effectively control turfgrass weeds - offering a potential non-chemical alternative w/ improved efficiency & reduced energy use!!
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#weedscience #technology #turf
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📢 2026 SSARE Graduate Student Grants – Now Open!
Master’s & PhD students in the Southern region can apply for up to $22,000 (2-year projects) to support research in sustainable agriculture.
🗓 Deadline: May 8, 2026 | 12 PM EST
🔗 southern.sare.org/grants/app…
#WSSA #gradstudents
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Excited to welcome the WSSA GSO Officers for 2026-2027! We have some great events lined up this year and thrilled to share all the research happening!
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Big week for this young man. @ut_BENtgrass successfully defended his PhD @UTturfgrass @UTPlantSciences @UTIAg. Super proud of his career progression -- started in our lab as an undergraduate and now headed to join the faculty @universityofga. Congrats, Ben!
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CONGRATULATIONS to @Godara_Nav for successfully defending his dissertation: ‘Factors Associated with Pollinator Foraging and Floral Morphology of Lawn Weeds’ under the direction of Dr. Shawn Askew (@VTTurfWeeds). We are VERY PROUD of Dr. Godara!
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I am deeply honored and humbled to receive the 2025 @WorldofWeeds Outstanding Graduate Student Award. Thanks @VTTurfweeds for nominating me. I dedicate this award to Dr Askew with immense gratitude for his support, transformative mentorship & selfless contributions to my career.
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Huge shoutout to everyone representing the TAMU weed science team at the WSSA!. Special congratulations to Luke, Sarah, Megan, and @RyanHamberg for winning awards! 🏆🎉 Keep up the amazing work, team!
@MBagavathiannan @tamusoilcrop @agrilife
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Meet our newly elected WSSA GSO Board! From left: President (Navdeep Godara, PhD Candidate, VT), Vice President (Gustavo Silva, PhD Student, Texas A&M), Secretary (Ryan Hamberg, PhD Student, Texas A&M) and Social Media Chair (Ankit Yadav, PhD Student, UNL).
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We’re on our way to #WSSA2025, and some deadlines are approaching!
⏰Abstracts are due Feb. 3
⏰Slide presentations due Feb. 17
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#WSSA #weedscience #weedmanagement #invasiveplants
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📢 Nominations are open for #WSSA GSO officer roles (2025-2026 term): VP, Secy, & Social Media Chair!
🗒️Nominations: Jan 31
🗳️Voting: Feb 3-17 (via WSSA website)
📣New officers announced: Feb 24 at the WSSA/CWSS meeting in Vancouver.
#weedscience #invasiveplants #gradstudents
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📣DON'T FORGET!! Abstract submissions for #WSSA2025 are due NEXT Monday - Feb. 3.
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#WSSA #invasiveplants #weedscience
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The Virginia Tech Weed Science crew @SouthWeedSciSoc Meeting this week. Congrats to @VT_Weeds for the Outstanding Young Weed Scientist Award! We also had some student contest winners from @VTTurfweeds lab. @vtspes @godara_nav Go Hokies!
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Attending 2025 @NE_WeedSci and @SouthWeedSciSoc annual meetings was enriching experience. Lot of great presentations from peers, networking & professional development events.
Placed🥇in student oral presentation contests in SWSS and NEWSS. Also placed🥈in NEWSS poster contest.
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Job Posting Alert: University of Kentucky is hiring an extension weed scientist! Apply through the link: ukjobs.uky.edu/postings/5555…