About Us

Our Project

Herbicide resistance is a growing problem in U.S. agriculture. Increasingly, growers, crop consultants, and other agricultural professionals are turning to integrated weed management (IWM), the practice of using multiple weed control tactics, to manage herbicide-resistant weeds on their farms. Combatting weeds with a combination of cultural, mechanical, and chemical strategies can create more sustainable and resilient weed control programs.

How GROW Can Help You

GROW (Getting Rid Of Weeds) is your trusted source on IWM tactics. Here you will find up-to-date, tested, and vetted resources on weed control tools such as cover crops, increased crop competition, harvest weed seed control and more.

Our Mission

GROW (Getting Rid of Weeds) is a scientist-led network coordinating research to help farmers across the U.S. fight herbicide resistance, by using a greater diversity of weed control strategies to complement chemical use.

Who We Are

The GROW team consists of agronomists, weed scientists, economists and communicators from all over the United States:

Outreach, Media, and Website

Emily Unglesbee

Director of Outreach and Extension,
GROW

emilysu@vt.edu

Claudio Rubione

Outreach and Extension for GROW and Research Associate for IWM

crubione@udel.edu

Victoria Ackroyd

Research Associate, University of Maryland; Visiting Scientist, USDA ARS Beltsville Agricultural Research Center

victoria.ackroydack@usda.org

William Curran

Emeritus Professor of Weed Science & Extension Weed Specialist, Penn State University

williamscurran@gmail.com

Mid-Atlantic

Wesley Everman

Associate Professor of Small Grains and Weed Science,
North Carolina State University

wesley_everman@ncsu.edu

Michael Flessner

Associate Professor and Extension Weed Science Specialist, Virginia Tech

flessner@vt.edu

Steven Mirsky

Research Ecologist,
Sustainable Agricultural Systems Lab, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD

steven.mirsky@usda.gov

Chris Reberg-Horton

Professor and Extension Organic Cropping Specialist,
North Carolina State University

chris_reberg-horton@ncsu.edu

Vijay Singh

Assistant Professor and Extension Weed Science Specialist, Virginia Tech

v.singh@vt.edu

Mark VanGessel

Professor and Extension Specialist,
University of Delaware

mjv@udel.edu

John Wallace

Assistant Professor of Weed Science,
Penn State University

jmw309@psu.edu

Harry Schomberg

Ecologist, Sustainable Agriculture Systems Lab,
USDA-ARS

harry.schomberg@usda.gov

Vipan Kumar

Field Crop Weed Scientist, Cornell University

vk364@cornell.edu

Ramon Leon

Professor, Weed Biology and Ecology,
North Carolina State University

rleon@ncsu.edu

North Central Region

Adam Davis

Professor and Head of Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois

adavis1@illinois.edu

Karla Gage

Assistant Professor of, Weed Science and Plant Biology, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Kgage@siu.edu

Aaron Hager

Associate Professor and Extension Specialist of Weed Science,
University of Illinois

hager@illinois.edu

Erin Haramoto

Associate Professor of
Weed Science, University of Kentucky

erin.haramoto@uky.edu

Debalin Sarangi

Assistant Professor and Extension Weed Scientist,
University of Minnesota

dsarangi@umn.edu

Alyssa Essman

Assistant Professor of Weed Science,
Ohio State University

essman.42@osu.edu

Eugene Law

Assistant Professor of Weed Ecology, Ohio State University

law.262@osu.edu

Southern Region

Muthukumar Bagavathiannan

Professor of Weed Science and Agronomy,
Texas A&M University

muthu@tamu.edu

Nicholas Basinger

Assistant Professor Crop and Soil Sciences,
University of Georgia

Nicholas.Basinger@uga.edu

Scott Nolte

Associate Professor and
State Extension Weed Specialist,
Texas A&M University

scott.nolte@ag.tamu.edu

Steve Li

Associate Professor & Extension Specialist of Weed Science,
Auburn University

xzl0004@auburn.edu

Western Region

Todd Gaines

Associate Professor of Molecular Weed Science,
Colorado State University

todd.gaines@colostate.edu

Lovreet Shergill

Assistant Professor (Weed Science), Montana State University

lovreet.shergill@montana.edu

Joe Ikley

Assistant Professor and Extension Weed Specialist,
North Dakota State University

joseph.ikley@ndsu.edu

John Lindquist

Professor of Weed Science and Production Systems, University of Nebraska

Jlindquist1@unl.edu

Pacific Northwest

Ian Burke

Professor and R.J. Cook Endowed Chair of Wheat Research and Weed Science,
Washington State University

icburke@wsu.edu

Drew Lyon

Professor, Endowed Chair, Small Grains Extension and Research and Weed Science,
Washington State University

drew.lyon@wsu.edu

Agricultural Economists

George Frisvold

Professor and Extension Specialist, University of Arizona

frisvold@ag.arizona.edu

WHY “GROW” IS OUR NEW NAME

Originally known as the Integrated Weed Management Resource Center website, our group has now adopted the name GROW, which represents our goals:

  • Getting Rid Of Weeds (GROW) through integrated weed management (IWM)
  • Increasing the adoption of IWM practices
  • Providing growers with reliable information to help eliminate weeds and slow the development of herbicide resistance
  • Increasing yields as we get rid of weeds

The logo is green to symbolize that, while IWM includes chemical use, we are also proposing non-chemical (greener) strategies. The monocot and dicot leaves within the logo represent our coverage of all weed types in row crops.

This website will still act as a reliable resource center on integrated weed management practices, as well as a place to read the latest news on advances in IWM and the ongoing fight against herbicide resistance.