News

9th of May 2022  New publication on 'Advances in integrated weed management' edited by EWRS member Prof. Per Kudsk Read more »

26th of April 2022  Advancing Agricultural Herbicides through Chemistry Webinar, dicussing on challenges and opportunities on May 12th, 11.00-12.30 EDT Hosted by @theNASEM’s Chemical Sciences Roundtable     Read more »

13th of April 2022  EWRS presents the Invited speakers to the 19th EWRS Symposium in Athens: 1) Dr. Eric Patterson from MSU (USA). He will present the International Weed Genomic Project.  2) Dr. Gael Le Goupil from Syngenta (CH). She will present a speech on the Global Herbicide Resistance Action Committee (HRAC) and the future challenges.  3) Prof. Antonis Zampelas, University of Athens, Greece. He is currently the chair of the Hellenic Food Authority: Food safety including pesticide residues in the broader perspective of public health Read more »

21st of March 2022  WSSA Weed Science Research Priorities Survey - invitation to participate Read more »

14th of March 2022  EWRS Invasive Alien Plants (IAP) WG invites you to attend the special session that will be organized by the WG in the NEOBIOTA meeting in Tartu, Estonia on 13-16 September 2022.  Read more »

13th of March 2022  'Malas hierbas en plántula' - a weed identification guide in Spanish language, authored by one of our EWRS colleagues from Lleida University, Prof. Jordi Recasens, together with Prof. Josep Antoni Conesa. Read more »

7th of March 2022  On Sunday 19 June 2022, just before the start of the 19th EWRS Symposium in Athens, Greece, a pre-conference training workshop will be held focussing on manipulating and utilizing weed genomics data and provide a hands-on overview of the tools developed by the International Weed Genomics Consortium (IWGC). How to sign up? Read more »

4th of March 2022  The EWRS is very sad to announce that our colleague Ray Hance passed away on January 22nd.  Ray was a very active member of the EWRS being Secretary of the Society’s Scientific Committee from 1982-1993 as well Chairman of the Editorial Board of Weed Research from 1985-1994.   Read more »

21st of February 2022  Subsidy to early career scientists to participate to the 19th EWRS Symposium in Athens 2022: deadline for application 15 April 2022. Read more »

3rd of February 2022  During the 19th EWRS Symposium in Athens a Young Scientists Night will be organised for all MSc and PhD students as well as early career scientist up to 35 years old.  Read more »

2nd of February 2022  The EWRS is very sad to announce that our Norwegian colleague and active EWRS member Dr. Jan Netland passed away on January 21st 2022. His former colleagues from NIBIO and NMBU have written an obituary which you can read here.  Read more »

21st of December 2021  The EWRS Scientific Secretary calls for offers to host the next EWRS Symposium in 2025 - after Athens, where will it go? Read more »

13th of December 2021  The WG 'Herbicide Resistance' has gathered information about criteria for weed resistance polulation validation. Read more ...  Read more »

1st of June 2021  IWSC2020 postponed to 4- 10 December 2022 and EWRS Training Workshop scheduled at IWSC2020 will also be postponed. Read more »