John Cussans
2025
John Cussans leads NIAB’s portfolio of weed management work around effective and efficient use of herbicides. Promoting and developing cultural and non-chemical approaches to reduce our reliance on herbicide solutions. Working on herbicide resistance assessment and risk analysis to monitor continuing development of herbicide resistance traits as well as risk assessment and baseline development for novel herbicide resistance traits in the UK.
My Sessions
Don’t let weeds take the lead
Will Smith
John Cussans
Jonathan Henry
Henny Lowth
Herbicide resistance continues to be a challenge to conventional farmers. With a confirmed UK case of a glyphosate resistant grassweed the need for alternative control options is increasing. For IWM to be successful, understanding your weed seedbank must be a key priority to help you make the right decisions for effective weed control and reduce […]