Contributors

Francois J. Tardif

Assistant Professor
University of Guelph, Department of Plant Agriculture
Email: ftardif@uoguelph.ca
Website: http://www.plant.uoguelph.ca/faculty/ftardif/index.html
Phone: (519) 824-4120 ext 53395
Fax: (519) 763-8933

Research Interests
My main interest is currently in the understanding of herbicide resistance in weeds. This includes topics such as:

Characterisation of new case
Development of diagnostic tools
Understanding the effect of resistance mutations on fitness
Developing management programs

Mike Cowbrough

Weed Management Lead Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Guelph, ON
Email: mike.cowbrough@omaf.gov.on.ca
Website: n/a
Phone: (519) 824-4120 ext 52580
Fax: (519) 763-8933

My goal is to identify the major weed management issues facing the Ontario Grower and then work with our awesome team of weed researchers to provide practical, economical and environmentally responsible solutions.

Peter Sikkema

Assistant Professor
University of Guelph, Department of Plant Agriculture Ridgetown, ON
Email: psikkema@ridgetownc.uoguelph.ca
Website: http://www.plant.uoguelph.ca/faculty/psikkema/index.html
Phone: 519-674-1603
Fax: 519-674-1600

Research Interests:
Evaluation of new herbicides for use in field and horticultural crops. Determine the spectrum of weeds controlled and crop safety. Evaluate weed management programs at herbicide resistant crops such as Roundup Ready corn and Roundup Ready soybeans. Develop weed management strategies for the control of problem weeds in corn, soybeans and wheat. Determine the effect of crop row width and seeding density on weed management. Determine the impact of long-term weed management systems on weed shifts.

Clarence Swanton

Professor
University of Guelph, Department of Plant Agriculture
Email: cswanton@uoguelph.ca
Website: http://www.plant.uoguelph.ca/faculty/cswanton/index.html
Phone: (519) 824-4120 ext 53392
Fax: (519) 763-8933

Research Interests:
My research goal is to facilitate the integration of ecological principles into crop production systems. My major area of reserach has been to design and implement integrated weed management systems for field and horticultural crops grown in Ontario. Selected areas of study have included weed and crop modelling, weed biology and ecology, economics of weed management and managing weeds with herbicides.