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2021 CWSS Student Poster Competition

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The California Weed Science Society (CWSS) hosted a Virtual Student Poster Competition. Each student submitted a PDF of their poster and a link to a video where they described their work.

Graduate and undergraduate posters were judged separately. Cash prizes were awarded to the top students in each competition. There were 13 graduate entries, 4 undergraduate entries, and one entry from a junior specialist not participating in the contest.

The winners were:

  • Guelta Laguerre, undergraduate poster winner (1st place)
  • Alex Ceseski, graduate student poster winner (1st place tie)
  • Matthew Fatino, graduate student poster winner (1st place tie)
  • Drew Wolter, graduate student presentation winner (1st place)
  • James Schaeffer, graduate student presentation winner (2nd place)

Below are links to the posters and the videos. Please take some time to learn more about the exciting weed science research that is happening in California! Enjoy!

Graduate Entries

Wenzhuo Wu - Sterile Pollen Technique as a Novel Weed Management Tool - video

Aaron Becerra-Alvarez - Rice Response and Weed Control from Clomazone Applied at Different Timing in a Continuous Flood System - video

Alex R. Ceseski - Enhanced Metabolism of ALS Inhibitors in Cyperus difformis - video

Josue Duque - Population Genomics of the Native and Invaded California Range of Palmer Amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) - video

Matthew Fatino - Evaluating Chemigation Strategies for Branched Broomrape (Phelipanche ramosa) Management in California Processing Tomato Systems - video

Kelsey Galvan - Effects of Salinity and pH on Common Waterhemp (Amaranthus tuberculatus) Germination - video

Liberty Galvin - California Weedy Rice (Oryza sativa spontanea) Emergence Patterns Under Field Conditions, Implications for Management - video

Steven Haring - Cover Crop Management for Weed Suppression: Testing Intensified Practices in Nut Tree Orchards - video

Deniz Inci - Determining Tree and Vine Crop Response to Simulated Florpyrauxifen-benzyl Drift - video

Deniz Inci - Efficacy of Florpyrauxifen-benzyl in California Water Seeded Rice - video

Alexander J. Lopez - Origins of Amaranthus tuberculatus (Waterhemp) in Central Valley Agroecosystems: A Population Genetics Approach Using Genotyping By Sequencing - video

Romy Lum - Characterizing Herbicide Resistance in Southwestern U.S. and Invasive California Populations of Amaranthus palmeri - video

Katrina Maria C. Steinhauer - Environmental Conditions on Postemergence Herbicides Control of Glyphosate-Resistant Junglerice (Echinochloa colona) - video

Junior Specialist Not Participating in Contest