Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences Weeds

Research Assistant

Supervisor: Dr. Christy Sprague

MSU Agronomy Farm
4450 Beaumont St.
Lansing, MI 48910
E-mail: powellg@msu.edu 

Joined Department: July 1979

Education

M.S. in Crop and Soil Sciences, Michigan State University, 1998 
B.S. in Crop and Soil Sciences, Michigan State University, 1979

Research Interests

My current research interests include: herbicide technologies and formulations, no-till systems, and equipment (i.e. Anything with a motor. The bigger the better!).

Selected Publications

Powell, G. E. and K. A. Renner. 1999. Weed control in navy bean in reduced tillage systems. Jour. of Produc. Ag. 12:428-433.

Renner, K. A. and G. E. Powell. 1998. Weed control in potato (Solanum tuberosum) with rimsulfuron and metribuzin. Weed Technol. 12:406-409.

Renner, K.A. and G.E. Powell. 1992. Response of navy bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) and wheat (Triticum aestivum) grown in rotation to tolerance to clomazone, imazethapyr, bentazon, and acifluorfen. Weed Sci. 40:127-133.

Renner, K.A. and G.E. Powell. 1991. Response of sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris) to herbicide residues in soil. Weed Tech. 5:622-627.

Renner, K.A. and G.E. Powell. 1991. Velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti) control in sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris). Weed Tech. 5:97-102.