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Brent Sellers
Assistant Professor - Agronomy (Weed Science)
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Extension Focus (60%)
Educate cattle ranchers and ranchette owners on cost effective weed
control strategies for weed control in pastures and rangeland
- Evaluate economically relevant weed control programs, which optimize forage production.
- Identify cost effective weed control programs for forage grasses such as bahiagrass,
limpograss, bermudagrass and other commonly grown forages.
- Identify grazing and fertility management systems that promote forage growth and suppress
weed emergence and establishment.
Research Focus (40%)
Weed management in pastures and rangeland
- Identify problematic weeds in pastures and rangeland and implement economically and
environmentally sound control measures.
- Examine weed biology and ecology as related to pasture and rangeland management strategies.
- Weed control in fence rows and pasture borders.
Invasive weed management
- Identification of invasive weeds and management strategies, which includes cultural,
herbicidal, and biological control methodologies.
- Biology of invasive plant species.
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