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ARS Home People Steve Young, PhD Weed Science Newsletter





- Winter 2024 Issue
- Area Weed Science Research
- Office of National Programs Weed Science Research
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Newsletter Banner EVENTS and ANNOUNCEMENTS ARS Meetings/Conferences/Webinars/Symposia **2022 WSSA-ARS Weed Science Webinar Series** All 10 webinars from the series were recorded and are now available free for viewing at this ARS website. **2024 ARS National Program 304 Plant Protection and Quarantine** Retrospective review in preparation for the 2025-2030 Action Plan. Please submit comments, concerns, and/or suggestions at the website. **Educational Videos/Guides**: Biocontrol against a thirsty invasive grass in arid regions of the U.S. (Albany, CA)
Cheating cheatgrass (Reno, NV)
The Sagebrush Sea – innovative Restoration (Burns, OR)
Wildfire mitigation (Reno, NV)
Cover crops for weed control: the keys for success (Beltsville, MD) ARS Weed Science Positions **Recent Hires:** Casey Barickman – ARS Natural Products Utilization Research Unit, Oxford, MS
Olivia Landau – ARS Wheat Health, Genetics, and Quality Research Unit, Pullman, WA
Jens Beets – ARS Invasive Species and Pollinator Health Research Unit, Albany, CA
Vijaya Varanasi – ARS Crop Production Systems Unit, Stoneville, MS
Allen Dray – ARS Invasive Plant Research Unit, Fort Lauderdale, FL **Current Openings:** Weed Ecologist – ARS Columbia Plateau Conservation Research Center, Pendleton, Oregon (TBD)
Weed Scientist – ARS Northwest Sustainable Agroecosystems Research Unit, Pullman, Washington (TBD) Select ARS Papers**(recently published by researchers in weed science)** Ashley B. C. Goode, **Philip W. Tipping**, **F. Allen Dray Jr**., Ryann J. Valmonte, Brittany K. Knowles & Eileen Pokorny (2023) Effects of invasive plant haplotypes on a biological control agent (*Lepidelphax pistiae*) fecundity and impact, Biocontrol Science and Technology, 33:11, 1041-1050, DOI: 10.1080/09583157.2023.2272229
Linhao Xu, Ashley B.C. Goode, **Philip W. Tipping**, **Melissa C. Smith**, Lyn A. Gettys, Brittany K. Knowles, Eileen Pokorny, Luz Salinas, Donald L. DeAngelis (2024) Less is more: Less herbicide does more when biological control is present in *Pontederia crassipes*. Ecological Modelling, 487, 110566. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2023.110566
**G.S. Wheeler**, E.C. Lake, E. Mattison, G.F. Sutton (2024) Host range, biology, and climate suitability of *Callopistria exotica*, a potential biological control agent of Old World climbing fern (*Lygodium microphyllum*) in the USA. Biological Control 188: 105410. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2023.105410
**Smith, M.C.**, Julian, P., DeAngelis, D., Zhang, B. Ecological benefits of integrative weed management of *Melaleuca quinquenervia* in Big Cypress National Preserve. *BioControl* (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-023-10229-y
**Dale A. Halbritter**, Eutychus Kariuki, **Gregory S. Wheeler**, **Min B. Rayamajhi**, Carey Minteer, Quentin D. Read (2024) Changes in plant architecture in Brazilian peppertree damaged by the biological control agent, Pseudophilothrips ichini (Hood) (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae). Biological Control 188:105434 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2023.105434 Preiss, V.D., **Wonkka, C.L.**, McGranahan, D.A., Lodge, A.G., Dickinson, M.B., Kavanagh, K.L. et al. (2023) Exotic herbivores and fire energy drive standing herbaceous biomass but do not alter compositional patterns in a semiarid savanna ecosystem. *Applied Vegetation Science*, 26, e12749. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12749
**West, N.M.**, Branson, D.H., Muscha, J.M., & Campbell, J.W. (2023). Early Impacts of Invasive Shrub Removal on Riparian Arthropod Communities. *Ecological Restoration* *41*(4), 189-198. https://www.muse.jhu.edu/article/911493
Donovan, V. M., Crandall, R., Fill, J., & **Wonkka, C. L.** (2023). Increasing large wildfire in the eastern United States. *Geophysical Research Letters*, 50, e2023GL107051. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL107051
McGranahan, D.A.; **Wonkka, C.L.** (2024) Pyrogeography of the Western Great Plains: A 40-Year History of Fire in Semi-Arid Rangelands. *Fire*, *7*, 32. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire7010032
Kirk W. Davies, **Chad S. Boyd**, Lauren N. Svejcar, Danielle R. Clenet (2024) Long-term effects of revegetation efforts in annual grass−invaded rangeland. Rangeland Ecology & Management 92:59-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2023.10.001
Corinna M. Holfus, **Chad S. Boyd**, Roxanne C. Rios, Kirk W. Davies, Stella M. Copeland, Ricardo Mata-González (2024) Wyoming big sagebrush transplant survival and growth affected by age, season of planting, and competition. Rangeland Ecology & Management 92:1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2023.09.005
Na-Bo Sun, Li-Jing Min, Xin-Peng Sun, Zhi-Wen Zhai, **Joanna Bajsa-Hirschel**, Zhe-Cheng Wei, Xue-Wen Hua, **Charles L. Cantrell**, Hao Xu, Stephen O. Duke, and Xing-Hai Liu (2024) Novel Pyrazole Acyl(thio)urea Derivatives Containing a Biphenyl Scaffold as Potential Succinate Dehydrogenase Inhibitors: Design, Synthesis, Fungicidal Activity, and SAR. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 72:2512-2525. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.3c07735
Rebong, D., Henriquez Inoa, S., Moore, V. M., Reberg-Horton, **S. C., Mirsky**, S., Murphy, J. P., & Leon, R. G. (2023). Breeding allelopathy in cereal rye for weed suppression. *Weed Science*, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1017/wsc.2023.64
**Williams, M.M., II**, Hausman, N.E., Saballos, A., Landau, C.A., Brooks, M.D., Flannery, P., Tracy, W.F. and Thompson, C.J. (2024), First report of severe tolpyralate sensitivity in corn (*Zea mays*) discovers a novel genetic factor conferring crop response to a herbicide. Pest Manag Sci, 80: 1645-1653. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.7896
**Joanne C. Chee-Sanford**, Lynn M. Connor (2023) Comparison of microbial community assemblages in the rhizosphere of three Amaranthus spp. PLOS One https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0294966
Christopher Landau, Kevin Bradley,...**Martin M Williams**, (2023) The silver bullet that wasn’t: Rapid agronomic weed adaptations to glyphosate in North America, *PNAS Nexus*. 2:pgad338 https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad338
**Young, Stephen L**., **James V. Anderson**, **Scott R. Baerson**, **Joanna Bajsa-Hirschel**, **Dana M. Blumenthal**, **Chad S. Boyd**, **Clyde D. Boyette**, **Eric B. Brennan**, **Charles L. Cantrell**, **Wun S. Chao**, **Joanne C. Chee-Sanford**, **Charlie D. Clements**, **F. Allen Dray**, Stephen O. Duke, **Kayla M. Eason**,**Reginald S. Fletcher**, **Michael R. Fulcher**, **John F. Gaskin**, **Brenda J. Grewell**, **Erik P. Hamerlynck**, **Robert E. Hoagland**, **David P. Horvath**, **Eugene P. Law**, **John D. Madsen**, **Daniel E. Martin**, **Clint Mattox**, **Steven B. Mirsky**, **William T. Molin**, **Patrick J. Moran**, **Rebecca C. Mueller**, Vijay K. Nandula, **Beth A. Newingham**, **Zhiqiang Pan**, **Lauren M. Porensky, Paul D. Pratt**, **Andrew J. Price**, **Brian G. Rector**,**Krishna N. Reddy**, **Roger L. Sheley**,**Lincoln Smith**, **Melissa C. Smith**, **Keirith A. Snyder**, **Matthew A. Tancos**, **Natalie M. West**, **Gregory S. Wheeler**, **Martin M. Williams**, **Julie Wolf**, **Carissa L. Wonkka**, **Alice A. Wright**, **Jing Xi**, Lew H. Ziska (2023) Agricultural Research Service weed science research: past, present, and future. *Weed Science* 71: 312–27. https://doi.org/10.1017/wsc.2023.31


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