The Landscape and Turf program at NSTC is teaming up with The Andersons Research and Development Department, to conduct a very significant study of turf weed control products. The Andersons is in the process of developing a new weed control formulation, and requested the help of the Landscape and Turf program, as well as the Floriculture program.
The two programs at NSTC transplanted 1500 turf weeds into greenhouse containers, and have cared for them in the greenhouses for more than a month now. From here, the Andersons R&D personnel will come in and apply the experimental herbicide. They will be back to monitor the effectiveness of their product over the next 5-6 weeks.
This is a very exciting experiment because if this product does as well as intended, it will change the way that golf courses, landscapers and farmers apply pesticides, making it safer for all. This will most definitely grab the attention of the biggest pesticide companies and become a global product that was tested with the help of our Toledo Public Schools students. Watch for future articles about this exciting experiment.
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