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Progress reports on the two joint experiments started in 1999. |
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Ideas for a new collaborative experiment on early growth. |
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The development and content of the working group web page, including links with
other EWRS working groups. Also, graphical updates of emergence data from each of the
participating sites in the collaborative weed emergence experiment. |
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The objectives, seed characterisation and collective analysis of the data
resulting from the joint experiments. |
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Participants at the workshop had the chance to hear directly from and question
Frank Forcella (USDA) about Weedcast
(http://www.infolink.morris.mn.us/~lwink/products/weedcast.htm), a commercially available weed emergence model
currently being used in the USA by growers. It was agreed that the data collected from the
joint experiment could be used with Weedcast and that most of the necessary parameters
were satisfied. Where information was not available members of the working group
volunteered to help provide the necessary information. Other models were also discussed as
candidates for comparison. Biometricians and modellers present at the meeting all agreed
to initiate ongoing discussions to identify the mathematical and practical problems and
opportunities for our data set before the next workshop and to report back to the working
group regularly during 2000 on progress. |
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The need for a future focused 2-day conference on weed germination and early
growth. |
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Potential group funding opportunities were identified and members
volunteered
to take responsibility to follow these up and report back to the group. |
