Professor and Center Director, Agronomy - Pasture and Rangeland Weed Management
Administration Focus (50%)
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Research Focus (25%)
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.
- Identify problematic weeds in pastures and rangeland and implement economically and
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Extension Focus (25%)
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.
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Education
- Ph.D. University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, Department of Agronomy, Weed Science, 2003.
- M.S. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Weed Science, 1999.
- B. S. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, Biological Sciences, 1995.
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Employment
- Professor and Center Director, Range Cattle
Research and Education Center, Ona, FL
University of Florida, April 2020 to present - Professor and Interim Center Director, Range Cattle
Research and Education Center, Ona, FL
University of Florida, April 2019 - April 2020 - Professor and Associate Center Director, Range Cattle
Research and Education Center, Ona, FL
University of Florida, July 2017 - March 2019 - Associate Professor and Associate Center Director, Range Cattle
Research and Education Center, Ona, FL
University of Florida, 2014 - July 2017 - Associate Professor, Range Cattle Research and Education Center, Ona, FL
University of Florida, 2011 - 2014. - Assistant Professor, Range Cattle Research and Education Center, Ona, FL
University of Florida, 2004-2011. - Post Doctoral Fellow, Agronomy Department, Columbia, MO
University of Missouri, 2003-2004. - Research Specialist, Agronomy Department, Columbia, MO
University of Missouri, 2002-2003
- Professor and Center Director, Range Cattle
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Membership in Professional Societies
- American Society of Agronomy
- Florida Cattlemen's Association
- Florida Weed Science Society
- Southern Weed Science Society
- Weed Science Society of America
- Publications
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Links
Posters
Other helpful resources
- Pasture Weed Day 2006
- Smutgrass - Time to start thinking about smutgrass control (factsheet) PDF
- Weed Identification Guide
- Weed Management Links