Frank Rossi, Ph.D., speaks with Professor Jim Brosnan of the University of Tennessee on the rising concerns of herbicide resistant annual bluegrass and the national project attempting to understand this elusive plant.
Frank and Jim revive Resistance Radio and go deep on the nature of herbicide resistance and the multiple strategies plants develop to elude routine herbicide applications. Jim wonders why weed control is not approached like diseases and insects managed in turfgrass. The conversation expands to include other difficult-to-control weeds such as goosegrass, nutsedge and crabgrass. Listen here.
