Event to offer ideas for
weed reduction
By Ian Clift
Summer Reporter
Weed Day 2001 is an annual event that informs farmers
and herbicide producers about different choices on the market in the
industry.
The tour will begin at 8:30 a.m. and end around
noon, Tuesday at the Purdue Agronomy Research Center, located on U.S.
52, northwest of West Lafayette.
Herbicide manufacturers, farmers and distributors
from around the state will gather to observe the results of different
herbicides and herbicide combinations, said Thomas Bauman, professor
of weed science.
Cat Pace, extension secretary for botany and plant
pathology, said, "It's just an informational (seminar), it gives them
a look at new herbicides on the market. It's just a way to look at how
to effectively use herbicides."
Bauman said that he expects around 200 attendants
at the event. "They're going to look at corn and soybean weed control,"
he said comparing new genetically modified corn and soybean crops to
some of the standard genetic systems.
"The plain fact is that most years we look at things
that industry develops," said Bauman. "People who deal with these things
on a day-to-day basis need to see how these products perform."
Monsanto, BSAF, Bayer and others will have representatives
who will travel by bus to various locations where scientists at Purdue
have tested normal and genetically altered corn and soybean crops in
order to evaluate their tolerance to weed control mechanisms.
By inserting specific genes into crops, they can
make herbicides that can be sprayed and that will only take out the
weeds.
Weed Day is an annual event for members of the
framing industry. It has taken place for over 30 years, Bauman said.
Pace said, "It's like prom, you know what it is
and everybody goes."
• Participants should register with Pace before
the event by calling (765) 494-9871.
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