2022 Meeting - Session II

General Session and Student Presentations

Tuesday, July 19, 1:30pm – 4:50pm

Moderator: Dr. Jay Ferrell (University of Florida, Gainesville, FL)

† STUDENT CONTEST

01:30 PM

Using Long-Term Datasets to Understand Impacts of Aquatic Plant Management.

Candice M. Prince1, Amy E. Kendig1, S. Luke Flory1, Mark Hoyer1, James Leary2

1University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2Center Aquatic and Invasive Plants, UF/IFAS, Gainesville, FL

01:50 PM

†Life History of Diploid Flowering Rush (Butomus umbellatus) from Field Populations in New York and Ohio.

Maxwell G. Gebhart1, Ryan M. Wersal1, Bradley T. Sartain2, Nathan E. Harms3

1Minnesota State University, Mankato, Mankato, MN
2US Army Corps of Engineers – Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS
3US Army Corps of Engineers – Engineer Research and Development Center, Lewisville, TX

02:10 PM

†Invasive Alligator Weed (Alternanthera philoxeroides) in the Southeastern United States: A Future Research Plan.

Samuel A. Schmid, Gary N. Ervin, Gray Turnage

Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS

02:30 PM

†Hydrilla Fragment Tolerance to Desiccation in Simulated Boat Bunk Conditions.

Taylor L. Darnell1, Benjamin P. Sperry2, Candice M. Prince3

1University of Florida/ Center for Aquatic Invasive Plants, Gainesville, FL
2US Army Corps of Engineers, Gainesville, FL
3University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

02:50 PM

Industry Updates

03:10 PMBreak
03:30 PM

Observations of Submersed Aquatic Vegetation Community Shifts with Selective Hydrilla Management in Lake Sampson Florida.

Jacob Thayer1, James Leary1, Kelli Gladding2, Jonathan Glueckert3, Amber Riner1

1Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants, University of Florida, New Smyrna Beach, FL
3Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants, University of Florida, Loxahatchee, FL

03:50 PM

†Common nursery evaluation of eight ecotypes of Illinois pondweed (Potamogeton illinoensis).

Joseph W. Sigmon, Kyle L. Thayer, Jennifer H. Bishop, Lyn A. Gettys

University of Florida Ft Lauderdale Research and Education Center, Davie, FL

04:10 PM

2021 Survey Results for the Most Common and Troublesome Aquatic Weeds (and Washington DC Update).

Lee Van Wychen

WSSA, Alexandria, VA

04:30 PM

†Automated Classification of Aquatic Invasive Plants using Deep Learning AI and Visible Spectrum Imagery.

Ashutosh Shah, Sathishkumar Samiappan, Gray Turnage, Cary Daniel McCraine

Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS