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Leslie Weston
law20@cornell.edu
Department of Horticulture

Acknowledgements

This website was designed and written by Hyun Joo Noh, a talented undergraduate student in the Department of Computer Science at Cornell University, and Leslie A. Weston, Associate Professor in the Department of Horticulture at Cornell University. Dr. Weston's email address is law20@cornell.edu.

The research described in this website was performed by Dr. Cecile Bertin, formerly a graduate student in the Department of Horticulture, Dr. Leslie Weston, Dr. Andy Senesac, weed scientist and extension associate, Suffolk County Cooperative Extension, Riverhead NY and Dr. Frank Schroeder, Research Associate in the Department of Chemistry at Cornell University.

We appreciate the assistance of Roselee Harmon, Irene Tsontakis-Bradley, John Condzella, Mia Akogi and Cameron Douglass who provided important technical expertise over the years.

In addition, we would like to thank the New York State Turfgrass Association (website address), New York State IPM Program (website), New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT Environmental Analysis Bureau) and Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences who provided funding for fescue research from 1999-2006.

In addition, we would like to thank BASF Agri for their financial support in developing pesticide alternatives and study of allelochemical mode of action.

 

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