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BIOA3002 – Introduction to Weed Science (Degree)
BIOA0103 - Introduction to Weed Science (Diploma)
ENVA4003 – Applied Weed Science (Degree)
ENVA 3004 – Principles of Pest Management (lectures for Weed Science component)

Weed science is a dynamic discipline driven by the successful synthesis of research into management strategies that can be implemented in both natural and agricultural ecosystems. As a weed scientist, I am interested in weed management in perennial cropping systems, integrating knowledge of weed population ecology and reproductive biology to improve weed management in these systems, the development and use of predictive models for improving the timing, efficiency and effectiveness of management practices, and maximizing the effectiveness of currently registered herbicide products in these systems. This approach requires a diverse research program that successfully works along a continuum of basic and applied research, and I feel this approach is essential to successfully managing diverse weed flora in systems with limited weed control options.


 

• White, S.N., N.S. Boyd, R.C. Van Acker, and C.J. Swanton. 2014. Pre and post-vernalization ramet removal reduces flowering of red sorrel (Rumex acetosella L.) in wild blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium Ait.). Can. J. Plant Sci. (Submitted September 2014). Manuscript Number CJPS-2014-318.
• White, S.N., N.S. Boyd, R.C. Van Acker, and C.J. Swanton. 2014. Studies on the flowering biology of red sorrel (Rumex acetosella) ramets from lowbush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium Ait.) fields in Nova Scotia, Canada. Botany. (in press). Manuscript Number cjb-2014-0123.
• White, S.N., N.S. Boyd, and R.C. Van Acker. 2014. Temperature thresholds and growing degree-day models for red sorrel (Rumex acetosella L.) ramet sprouting, emergence, and flowering in wild blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium Ait.) fields. Weed Sci. (in press). Manuscript Number WS-D-14-00048.
• White, S.N., N.S. Boyd, and R.C. Van Acker. 2014. Demography of red sorrel (Rumex acetosella L.) in lowbush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium Ait.) fields. Weed Res. 54:377-387.
• Boyd, N.S., S.N.White and K. Rao. 2014. Fertilizer and fluazifop-p inputs for winter bentgrass (Agrostis hyemalis) infested lowbush blueberry fields. Weed Tech. (in press). Manuscript Number WT-D-13-00124R2.
• White, S.N., N.S. Boyd, and R.C. Van Acker. 2012. Growing degree-day models for predicting lowbush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium Ait.) ramet emergence, tip dieback, and flowering in Nova Scotia, Canada. HortScience.47(8):1014-1021.
• Stopps, G.J., S.N. White, D.R. Clements, and M.K. Upadhyaya. 2011. The biology of Canadian weeds. 149. Rumex acetosella L. Can. J. Plant Sci. 91(6):1037-1052.
• Boyd, N.S. and S.N. White. 2010. PRE and POST herbicides for management of goldenrods (Solidago spp.) and black bulrush (Scirpus atrovirens) in wild blueberry. Weed Tech. 24:446-452.
• Boyd, N.S. and S.N. White.  2009.  Impact of blueberry harvesters on weed seed dispersal within and between fields. Weed Sci. 57:541-546.
  
  

Canadian Weed Science Society
Nova Scotia Institute of Agrologists

Plant Agriculture Graduate Student Authorship Prize, University of Guelph, 2013.

Awarded for successful publication of the following manuscript prior to graduation:
White, S.N., N.S. Boyd, and R.C. Van Acker. 2012. Growing degree-day models for predicting lowbush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium Ait.) ramet emergence, tip dieback, and flowering in Nova Scotia, Canada. HortScience.47(8):1014-1021.

Dow AgroSciences Travel Award, 2nd Place Ph.D. Recipient, 2012.
Travel scholarship to attend the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Weed Science Society in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Monsanto Travel Award, 1st Place Ph.D. Recipient, 2011
Travel scholarship to attend the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Weed Science Society in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

Bayer Best Student Presentation Award Recipient, 2011.
Award presented for best student presentation at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Weed Science Society in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

Monsanto Travel Award, 1st Place Ph.D. Recipient, 2010.
Travel scholarship to attend the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Weed Science Society in Regina, Saskatchewan.

NSERC Industrial Post-Graduate Scholarship, 2010
Industry Sponsor: DuPont Canada


Deans Scholarship, 2010
University of Guelph

John Bandeen Memorial Scholarship for Research in Weed Science, 2009
University of Guelph