Researchers Associated
with the
Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants

Brett Sellers, Ph.D.

Discipline Specialization:

Extension Focus

Educate cattle ranchers and ranchette owners on cost effective weed
control strategies for weed control in pastures and rangeland

• Evaluate economically relevant weed control programs, which optimize forage production.
• Identify cost effective weed control programs for forage grasses such as bahiagrass,
  limpograss, bermudagrass and other commonly grown forages.
• Identify grazing and fertility management systems that promote forage growth and suppress
  weed emergence and establishment.

Research Focus

Weed management in pastures and rangeland

• Identify problematic weeds in pastures and rangeland and implement economically and
  environmentally sound control measures.
• Examine weed biology and ecology as related to pasture and rangeland management strategies.
• Weed control in fence rows and pasture borders.

Invasive weed management

• Identification of invasive weeds and management strategies, which includes cultural,
  herbicidal, and biological control methodologies.
• Biology of invasive plant species.

Contact Information:

3401 Experiment Station
Ona, FL 33865
Telephone: (863) 735-1314 extension #210
Facsimile: (863) 735-1930
Electronic Mail: sellersb@ufl.edu
http://rcrec-ona.ifas.ufl.edu/bs0.html