NEWSS MAY 2012 newsletter - NorthEastern Weed Science Society

! MAY 2012 

Northeastern Weed Science Society 

Newsletter 

Comments !om the president 

Dr. Antonio DiTommaso 

NEWSS President 

Hyatt Regency at Penn’s 

Landing 

The 66 th Annual Meeting held in Philadelphia, PA at the Hyatt Regency 

at Penn’s Landing, January 3-6, 2012 was very successful. Attendance was 

184, higher than the past two years and, within the average of the 

previous five years. We are all much indebted to our Past President, Mark 

VanGessel, who simply did a masterful job in securing a different hotel 

for our meeting once we learned that renovations to our scheduled hotel 

would not be completed in time just one week and a half prior to the 

start of our annual meeting. Thank you, Mark! Once the hotel situation 

had been settled the meeting was well coordinated between the 

Executive Committee and the new hotel and the accommodations were 

great. Again, this year we met jointly with the Northeastern section of 

the American Society of Horticultural Science (NE-ASHS) who actively 

participated in the General Sessions and workshops. The theme of the 

meeting was “Weed Science Funding: New Avenues for a Changing 

Landscape” and included invited speakers Dr. Bruce McPherson (Dean, 

College of Agricultural Sciences, Penn State Univ.), Dr. Thomas Morris 

(Associate Professor of Soil Science, Univ. of Connecticut and Regional 

Coordinator of the Professional Development Program, Northeast 

Sustainable Agriculture and Research and Education (NE-SARE) Grant 

program), Dr. John Lydon, (USDA, ARS, Office of National Programs, 

and National Program Leader for Weed Science), and Dr. Lee Van 

Wychen, (Science Policy Director for National and Regional Weed 

Science Societies). We had two excellent workshops, one coordinated by 

Drs. Richard Smith (UNH) and Matthew Ryan (Penn State) titled 

“Moving Beyond Rotating Modes of Action: Advancing the Concept and 

Application of Integrated Weed Management”. The second symposium – 

was a mini-symposium organized by Art Gover and was held within the 

Vegetation Management and Restoration section of the meeting and 

focused on our current understanding of the distribution, ecology, and 

management (e.g. chemical and biological) of the invasive swallow-wort 

(Vincetoxicum spp.) vines which are continuing to expand their range 

especially in the northeastern U.S. and southeastern Canada. Once again 

this year, Renee Keese did a fantastic job of coordinating the Dessert 

Social. I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who 

helped out with the annual meeting as a section chair, judge, moderator, 

committee member or in any capacity. During the business meeting, 

INSIDE THIS ISSUE 

• The 66 th Annual Meeting held in Philadelphia, PA 

• Reports from Committee Members 

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Comments ! from the president (cont.) 

MAY 2012 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 

OFFICERS 

Antonio DiTommaso PRESIDENT 

Cornell University 

Ph.: (607) 254-4702 

ad97@cornell.edu 

Dwight Lingenfelter PRES.-ELECT 

Penn State University 

Ph.: (814) 865-2242 

dxl18@psu.edu 

Melissa Bravo SEC. -TREASURER 

Pennsylvania Dept. of Agriculture 

Ph.: (717) 787-7204 

mab36@psu.edu or mbravo@state.pa.us 

Greg Armel VICE PRESIDENT 

University of Tennessee 

Ph.: (865) 974-8829 

garmel@utk.edu 

Mark VanGessel Past President 

University of Delaware 

Ph.: (302) 856-7303 x510 

mjv@udel.edu 

COMMITTEE CHAIRS 

Randy Prostak CAST 

University of Massachusetts 

Ph.: (413) 577-1738 

rprostak@umext.umass.edu 

Darren Lycan EDITOR 

Syngenta Crop Protection 

Ph.: (315) 635-2818 

darren.lycan@syngenta.com 

Adam Smith GRADUATE STUDENT REP. 

Virginia Tech 

Ph.: (540) 231-5835 

urzsmith@vt.edu 

Jose Javier Vargas PUBLIC RELATIONS 

University of Tennessee 

Ph.: (865) 974-7324 

jvargas@utk.edu 

John Willis RESEARCH & EDUCATION 

Monsanto Corporation 

Ph.: (937) 418-5667 

john.b.willis@monsanto.com 

John O’Barr SUSTAINING MEMBERSHIP 

BASF - The Chemical Company 

Ph.: (717) 386-8259 

john.obarr@basf.com 

Jacob Barney WSSA REPRESENTATIVE 

Virginia Tech 

Ph.:(540) 231-6323 

jnbarney@vt.edu 

Erin Hitchner INCOMING TREASURER 

Syngenta Crop Protection 

Ph.: (609) 980-8832 

erin.hitchner@syngenta.com 

Vacant 

INCOMING SECRETARY 

outgoing President Mark 

VanGessel passed the gavel to 

incoming President Toni 

DiTommaso. The EC would like 

to thank those members who have 

served and rotated off the board 

in January 2012: Barbara Scott, 

Public Relations; and Hilary 

Sandler, Past-President. We truly 

appreciate all of their time and 

hard work on behalf of the 

NEWSS. New members include 

Javier Vargas, Public Relations; 

and Greg Armel as Vice President. 

We also welcome Erin Hitchner as 

our incoming Treasurer who will 

work closely with our current 

Treasurer Melissa Bravo during 

the coming year, prior to assuming 

full responsibility for the position. 

At the 2012 annual meeting, the 

NEWSS membership also 

approved the splitting of the 

Treasurer and Secretary positions, 

the latter of which will be 

renamed the “Membership Chair” 

position. Details on the specific 

responsibilities for each position 

are currently being finalized by 

the Executive Committee. Once 

completed, we hope to fill this 

new position as soon as possible, 

so let us know if you would be 

interested in serving our society in 

this capacity. A complete list of 

current committee assignments 

(names, phone numbers, and 

email) can be found on the 

NEWSS web site at 

www.newss.org/society.php 

At the 2012 annual meeting, the 

membership also voted to adopt a 

new logo for our society. Design 

and color refinements are being 

finalized before the official 

introduction of the logo in the 

coming months. We thank Hilary 

Sandler for all her work to 

coordinate the selection of the 

new logo. In 2011, the Weed 

Science Contest was held as a 

“WeedOlympics” and hosted by 

the University of Tennessee in 

Knoxville with teams from across 

the United States and Canada 

participating. The contest was a 

great success and extremely well 

attended. Our thanks again go out 

to Greg Armel, Jim Brosnan, Tom 

Mueller and the entire group at 

UT for hosting a great collegiate 

weed contest. The 2012 Contest 

will again come back to the 

northeast region and will be held 

on July 24 at Rutgers University's 

Snyder Research Farm located in 

Pittstown, NJ. It should be a 

great event and we thank John 

Grande and his colleagues for 

their willingness to host our 

Contest. The next NEWSS annual 

meeting will be held as a joint 

meeting with the Weed Science 

Society of America (WSSA) in 

Baltimore, MD at the Baltimore 

Hilton Hotel on February 4-7, 

2013. Our President-Elect, 

Dwight Lingenfelter, is working 

closely with WSSA program 

Chair, Jim Kells, to develop a 

strong program. The program 

committee is currently working on 

topics and workshops and your 

ideas are welcome. Please contact 

Dwight Lingenfelter if you have 

program ideas for our upcoming 

joint meeting. Plans are also 

underway for our 2014 annual 

meeting and more details on the 

meeting location and other details 

will be made a vailable in 

forthcoming newsletters. I look 

for ward to ser ving you a s 

president in 2012, and certainly 

feel free to contact me if you have 

any comments or suggestions, or 

wish to become more involved in 

our society. • 

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MARK J. VANGESSEL 

NEWSS Past President 

I want to thank everyone for their understanding and cooperation with 

the last minute changes of the 2012 Northeastern Weed Science Meeting 

in Philadelphia. I was pleased with how smoothly everything ran with the 

last minute changes. A large part of that was the professional staff at both 

the Sheraton Society Hill and the Hyatt Penn’s Landing. 

As past-president, my duties include chair of the Awards Committee. As 

such, I am looking for nominations for the following NEWSS awards to 

be presented at the 2013 annual meeting in Baltimore: 

! • Fellow Award 

! • Award of Merit 

! ! ! ! • Outstanding Educator 

! ! ! ! • Outstanding Researcher 

! ! ! ! • Robert D. Sweet Outstanding Graduate Student Award 

! ! ! ! • Service Recognition Award 

Please consider nominating a worthy colleague for one of our NEWSS Awards. Criteria and nomination 

forms for all awards are posted on-line at: http://www.newss.org/publications.php. Scroll to the bottom and 

click on the Manual of Operating Procedures and Addendum 6. Please contact Mark VanGessel, 

302/856-7303 x510 or mjv@udel.edu for more information. This is the first call for nominations, and 

applications are needed by October 1. More details to follow in our August Newsletter. Another duty of the 

Past President is to announce the opening for nominations for Vice-President. The Chair of the 

Nomination Committee is Hilary Sandler, hsandler@umext.umass.edu. Please provide her with names of 

any individuals you think we should consider. 

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DWIGHT LINGENFELTER 

NEWSS President-Elect 

2013 Annual Meeting Update 

As we plan for our special 2013 joint Annual Meeting with the Weed 

Science Society of America (WSSA) in Baltimore, MD, I want to provide 

an update. It will be located at the Hilton Baltimore on February 4 – 7, 

2013. Since it will be a joint meeting, we will not have our typical meeting 

during the early January timeframe. There will be one registration fee for 

both societies and it is estimated that the hotel rooms will be $197/night. 

Although most of our topical sessions fit nicely into the WSSA 

framework, I am working with the WSSA meeting coordinators to allow 

specific sessions that are designated for NEWSS functions such as our 

graduate student paper section, business and committee meetings, and 

Past President’s breakfast. One note about the student oral paper session, 

since we are limited by the scheduling format, it appears there only will be 

enough time for a maximum of 20 students to compete in the judged paper contest. We are still working out 

the details but if there are additional student papers, we encourage them to be included in the judged poster 

session or simply presented during one of the standard breakout sessions. We will provide more information 

on this as we get closer to the event. If there are other unique sessions that must be maintained for this 

meeting or questions in general about the meeting, feel free to contact me. In addition, we are always in 

need of and welcome ideas and insights for workshops and symposia. If you have any topics of interest, 

please let me know (dwight@psu.edu or 814-865-2242) or complete the “call for symposia” proposal form 

that is announced in the WSSA April newsletter and posted on their website. We hope this joint meeting 

will provide an opportunity to those who have not attended a WSSA meeting as well as help to reduce 

expenses for those who typically attend both meetings. On another note, the NEWSS committee lists and 

assignments for 2012 are being posted on our website. As a reminder, the WSSA section chairs will be 

responsible for coordination the sessions at the joint meeting. If you are an NEWSS section chair/chairelect 

your duties will be deferred until 2014. Thanks to all who make our society a success. 

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED 

For the 2012 Northeastern Collegiate Weed Science Contest at 

Rutgers Snyder Research Farm, NJ. 

Tuesday, July 24 

Please contact John Grande at grande@aesop.rutgers.edu or 

908/735-8270 

http://snyderfarm.rutgers.edu/NEWSS-weed-contest-2012.html 

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SECRETARY / TREASURER UPDATE - MELISSA BRAVO 

March 2012 Financial Report – prepared March 13, 2012! 

Savings Balance as of November 10, 2011% % % $24,210.38 

Checking Balance as of November 10, 2011% % $ 5,647.21 

CD Balances as of November 10, 2011% % % $24,282.84 – matures March 2016 

CD Balance as of November 10, 2011% % % $10,035.24 –matures September 

2012% 

% % % % % % __________ 

Total Net Assets as of November 10 th bank statement 2011 ! $64,175.67 

INCOME Received 

1. NEWSS Income deposited November 1, 2011 thru March 7, 2012 Checking Comments 

2. Annual meeting registrations, individual membership dues, late fees 

3. BASF Awards 

4. Industry Social: 

5. Other sponsorship (Student social) 

6. Other – 2007 Meeting Industry Sustaining (lost check) $2000 Thank you Syngenta 

7. Interest earned all accounts 

8. Proceedings ( ) CD ( ). Includes complimentary 

9. Standing Orders () 

10. Sustaining Membership: 

11. Designated for Weed Contest 

12. Income from NEASHS for their portion of annual meeting 

13. Sum Income Received: 

EXPENSES Paid 

1. NEWSS expenses paid November 1, 2010 thru March 07, 2011 

2. January 2011 65 th Annual Meeting Conference Hotel Contract 

3. Omni Press – Proceedings and Programs 

4. Annual Meeting Student room reimbursements 

5. CAST dues 

6. Annual Meeting Speaker expenses 

7. Annual meeting registration desk assistance – students (2) 

8. EC Dishonesty Bond Insurance Renewal 

9. Website maintenance 

10. Website “A Small Orange” domain fee for NEWSS.org. 

11. Standing Orders service and postage 

12. Administrative 

13. WSSA Rep Travel to July WSSA Meeting 

14. Annual meeting Membership awards – Etch Art 

15. Annual meeting Student awards 

16. Annual meeting Photo contest award 

17. Weed NEWSS Contest 

18. Collegiate Weed Contest Team –Sustaining Support 

19. WSSA Dir. Science Policy YEAR 2012 dues 

20 Sub total expenses paid to date: 

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Level Contribution 2011 Conference 

Registrations 

- 

2011 Weed 

Competition 

Platinum $2,000 2 $1,000 

Gold $1,000 1 $500 

Silver $500 none none 

Bronze $250 none none 

2011 Sustaining Members 2011 Level 

BASF Corporation 

Platinum 

Syngenta 

Platinum 

Bayer CropScience 

Platinum 

Dow AgroSciences 

Gold 

FMC 

Gold 

Monsanto 

Gold 

The IR-4 Project 

Gold 

United Phosphorus, Inc. 

Gold 

Valent 

Gold 

-+-+ 

OHP 

Silver 

For-Shore Weed Control, Inc. 

Silver 

PBI Gordon 

Silver 

BAAR Scientific 

Silver 

ACDS Research 

Bronze 

Reality Research 

Bronze 

Crop Management Strategies 

Bronze 

Gylling Data Management, Inc. 

Bronze 

LABServices, Inc. 

Bronze 

Weeds Inc. 

Bronze 

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JACOB BARNEY 

WSSA Representative 

The 52st annual meeting of the WSSA took place in Kona, Hawaii (The Big 

Island) at the beautiful Hilton Resort. Despite the location, or perhaps 

because of it, attendance at the poster session, and some of the paper sessions 

was low, though overall meeting attendance was good. The schedule for this 

meeting was slightly modified, which may have resulted in low session 

attendance. I am sure it had nothing to do with the ocean being right outside 

the door. Several NEWSS members were recognized at the awards ceremony, 

which was followed by a “Polynesian Spectacular”. Jeff Derr (Virginia Tech) 

was awarded WSSA Fellow, the highest honor given by the society. Shawn 

Askew (Virginia Tech) was awarded the Outstanding Early Career Weed 

Scientist Award for his accomplishments, and Prasanta Bhowmik (UMASS) 

was awarded the Outstanding Research Award for his achievements. NEWSS 

continues to be well represented at the WSSA awards, but I would encourage NEWSS members to 

continue nominating our deserving members for awards at WSSA. The next WSSA meeting will be held 

jointly with NEWSS in Baltimore February 4-7. Despite the joint meeting we will still have the graduate 

student paper and poster contest, and a few other traditional NEWSS events. Details forthcoming. 

! The 2014 WSSA meeting will also be a joint meeting, with the Canadian Weed Science 

Society, in Vancouver, British Columbia February 3-6. 

! Lastly, check out the WSSA website (www.wssa.net) for frequent press releases related to 

weed science, and soon the website itself will be getting an overhaul. 

JOHN WILLIS 

Research and Education Representative 

For the 2012 annual meeting in Philadelphia, the NEWSS offered pesticide 

recertification credits for all states willing to offer credits for the content of 

our meeting. For 2012 recertification credits were offered for 14 states and 

the Agronomy Society Certified Crop Advisor Program (CCA) for the mid- 

Atlantic region. Grand totals for by state pesticide license recertification 

were 115 and 14 for CCA recertification. The top three states requesting 

recertification credits were Pennsylvania (35), New York (24), and Maryland 

(17), while Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, North Carolina, New Jersey, 

Virginia, Vermont, and West Virginia also had recertification credits issued. 

Of the 115 recertification credits, 62 recertification credits were issued for 

the following Sessions: Vegetation Management and Restoration, Turf, and 

Agronomy. We did have several non-members that registered for single days 

in order to participate in the recertification. I would like to thank Russ Hahn for his key role in attaining 

recertification credits for New York. Please stay in touch if there are additional recertification credits that 

could be utilized by our membership. 

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RANDY PROSTAK 

CAST Report, 

New Publications from CAST 

Herbicide-resistant Weeds Threaten Soil Conservation Gains: 

Finding a Balance for Soil and Farm Sustainability, February 

2012 

Herbicides were developed during the twentieth century to be used 

with conventional tillage for weed control. Conservation (or 

minimum) tillage subsequently evolved, which enabled less soil 

damage when used with herbicides. Selection pressure, however, has 

resulted in weed species that have made adaptations for survival in conjunction with tillage. The U.S. 

government has put several federal policies and programs in place that help determine the selection and 

implementation of crops and conservation programs in relation to herbicides and tillage. This Issue Paper 

examines the impact of certain weed management practices on soil conservation objectives and addresses 

ways to mitigate negative effects. Chair: David R. Shaw, Office of Research and Economic Development, 

Mississippi State University, Mississippi State. 

Assessing the Health of Streams in Agricultural Landscapes: The Impacts of Land Management Change 

on Water Quality, March 2012 

The Clean Water Act of 1987 states that the elimination of pollutant discharge into navigable water is a 

national goal. Agriculture has been identified repeatedly as a significant contributor of nonpoint source 

pollution to surface waters. Despite conservation efforts, water quality problems still exist; all agricultural 

states struggle with balancing productive landscapes and water quality. Legislation, potential regulations, or 

allocations of millions of dollars to change agricultural practices seem warranted only if we know stream 

water is favorably impacted by modified agricultural practices, and in which streams the greatest potential 

impact might be observed. 

To download and/or print these publications and others: 

! 1. visit http://www.cast-science.org 

! 2. click on “Publications” on the home page 

! 3. click on the article of interest 

! 4. click on scroll down menu with a shopping cart in the box and select “online/download” 

! 5. click “download” in blue-filled box to open article PDF 

! 6. after article opens you can save the PDF or print 

! Note: articles may be free or at cost depending on if you are a CAST member or not. 

NEWSS is represented on the Plant Agriculture and Environmental Issues Work Group. 

Work group activities: continued progress on several new publication proposals. 

If you have any questions about CAST, CAST membership or have an idea for CAST publications, 

contact Randy Prostak, NEWSS representative and chair of the CAST Plant Agriculture and 

Environmental Issues Work Group at 413-577-1738 or rprostak@umext.umass.edu 

! PAGE 8


ADAM SMITH 

Graduate Student Representative 

Greetings graduate students. Thank you for making our annual 

meeting in Philadelphia a success. The student paper and poster 

presentations were exciting and presented a great diversity of 

interesting research. Congratulations to all the winners. Next year’s 

annual meeting with be a joint meeting with WSSA, and the WSSA 

graduate student president and I will soon be in the process of 

planning events for you. Any suggestions are welcome. 

As always, we will have our NEWSS Collegiate Weed Science Contest 

this summer. Rutgers University will be hosting the event at Snyder 

Farm on July 24th. There will be four events: herbicide symptomology 

ID, weed ID, sprayer calibration, and farmer problems. Please join us 

for this exciting event; it is a great opportunity to learn and to interact 

with your colleagues. 

If there are any student-related concerns, suggestions, or comments, you can contact me at 

urzsmith@vt.edu. 

JOHN O’BARR 

Sustaining Membership Report 

For 2012, we have 19 sustaining members. This is a decrease of 4 

sustaining members and a reduction of $2,750 in support 

compared to 2011. Total support amounts to $14,500 of which 

$4,500 is allocated to support the annual weed contest. 

On behalf of the NEWSS, I would like to personally thank these 

19 organizations for their contributions for 2012. These 

contributions are critical to the financial health of the society and 

I invite other companies and organizations to consider becoming 

a sustaining member today! 

All membership levels receive a copy of the proceedings and an 

exhibit table and recognition at the Annual Meeting and in 

Newsletters. The tiered fee structure provides benefits such as 

complementary conference registration(s), company link on the 

NEWSS website, etc., depending on the level of support. 

Platinum and Gold Sustaining members automatically make a contribution to the collegiate weed 

contest. Silver and Bronze members are encouraged to make a separate donation for the collegiate weed 

competition. If you are interested in becoming a sustaining member or would like to contribute to the 2012 

weed contest, please contact John O’Barr (john.obarr@basf.com, 717-386-8259). 

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JOSE JAVIER VARGAS 

NEWSS Public Relations 

Dear NEWSS members, 

I would like to introduce myself as your current Public 

Relations Coordinator for the North Eastern Weed Science 

Society. My name is José Javier Vargas Almodóvar (Javi), I am 

honored to have been given this opportunity and am eager to 

start working with the NEWSS executive board, students and 

society members. 

As most of you know I currently work at the University of 

Tennessee in Knoxville, TN under the tutelage of Dr. Gregory 

R. Armel in the Horticultural and Invasive Weed Management 

program. The program has exposed me to multiple experiences 

and perspectives which have helped me learn how to best meet 

the needs and duties of research, but also provided me with a 

professional development to interact with students, staff, and 

weed science colleagues. My particular weed science research interests have spanned both applied and basic 

research in the understanding of herbicide physiology and new integrated pest management strategies for control 

of invasive weeds and in novel weed management in vegetables, tree fruit, small fruit, ornamentals, and in noncrop 

areas. 

Throughout the years I've been a participant in several weed science societies; however, it was here at the 

NEWSS where I will trace my weed science roots. 

I would like to thank Barbara Scott for all the help she has provided me to understand my duties as Public 

Relations Coordinator. I look forward an opportunity to meet you all through the years and provide you with 

NEWSS updates, news, details of society activities and meetings. 

Please don't be a surprise if you may also see me photographing you at all NEWSS activities during the next few 

years. Please feel free to say hello! and have a chat, I am eager to hear from you. 

It is my pleasure to join this outstanding Weed Science Society and learning community! 

I look forward to getting to know you in order to best serve our NEWSS society. 

Thank you and best wishes, 

-Javi 

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Event Location Date / Time Commodity Contact 

Field Day 

Virginia Tech 

Eastern Shore 

July, 18 

Crops 

Lauren Seltzer 

Steve Rideout 

Field Day 

University of 

Delaware 

June 22 Crops / Weeds Mark VanGessel 

Field Day 

University of 

Maryland 

August 2 

Field Crops 

Research Twilight 

David Myers 

Field Day 

Field Day 

Penn State 

University Park, 

North Brunswick, 

NJ 

August 9 Turf Peter Landschoot 

July 31 Turf Cece Peabody 

Weed Science 

Field Day 

Musgrave 

Research Farm, 

Aurora, N 

July 17 

Weeds 

Vegetable / Fruit 

Mary McKellar 

Aurora Farm Field 

Day 

Musgrave 

Research Farm, 

Aurora, N 

July 18 

Gary Bergstrom 

Turfgrass Field 

Day 

Raleigh, NC August 10 Turf Jenifer Reynolds 

Turfgrass & 

Ornamental 

Knoxville, TN September 13 

Turf & 

Ornamentals 

Jim Brosnan 

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The 66 th Annual Meeting held in Philadelphia, PA 

Dr. Bruce McPherson 

Dean, College of 

Agricultural Sciences 

Penn State Univ. 

Dr. Thomas Morris 

Associate Professor 

Soil Science, 

Univ. of Connecticut 

Dr. John Lydon, 

USDA, ARS, 

Office of National Programs 

Dr. Lee Van Wychen 

Science Policy Director 

for National & Regional 

Weed Science Societies 

Ronal Ritter 

Award of Merit 

Timothy Dutt 

Fe&ow Award 

Jerry Barron 

(accepting on behalf of ) 

Sherrilynn Novak 

Service Recognition 

Award 

Matthew Cutulle 

Robert D. Sweet Award 

(Ph.D.) 

José J. Vargas 

Robert D. Sweet Award 

(M.S.) 

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Graduate Student Presentation & Poster 

K. Averill 

Student Presentation 

First place 

D. Tekiela 

Student Presentation 

Second Place 

B.Crockett 

Poster Award 

First Place 

Photo Contest 

K.Venner 

Poster Award 

Second Place 

J. Vargas 

First Place 

M. Bravo 

Second Place 

J. D’‘Appo&onio 

Third Place 

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The Northeastern Weed Science Society serves the Northeastern United States 

by bringing together those who are concerned with the knowledge of weeds and their control; 

cooperates with other scientific societies to promote research, education, and outreach activities; 

and publishes scientific and practical information of value concerning 

Weed Science and related fields. 

www.newss.org 

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