Lead Researcher (PI): Charles Geddes

Institution: Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada

Total WGRF Funding: $171,521

Co-Funders: Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Alberta Canola Producers Commission, Alberta Grains, Manitoba Canola Growers Association, Manitoba Crop Alliance, Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers, Prairie Oat Growers Association, Saskatchewan Oilseeds Development Commission, Saskatchewan Pulse Growers, Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission

Start Date: 2023

Project Length: 5 Years

Objectives:

i) Establish the Prairie Weed Monitoring Network (PWMN), a network of federal researchers, provincial specialists, and academics guiding weed biovigilance for the prairie region.
ii) Complete the seventh set of weed abundance surveys in the prairie provinces since this series of provincial surveys began in the mid-1970s.
iii) Complete the fifth set of pre-harvest herbicide-resistant weed surveys in the prairie provinces since this series of provincial resistance surveys began in the early-2000s.
iv) Complete the third set of post-harvest herbicide-resistant kochia and Russian thistle surveys in the prairie provinces since this set of provincial surveys began in the early-2010s.