Chester McWhorter and the War on Johnsongrass

From the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville, Jason and Tom travel back to the Mississippi Delta of the mid-20th century to uncover the groundbreaking research of Dr. Chester G. McWhorter at the Delta Branch Experiment Station (Delta Research and Extension Center in Stoneville). Facing one of the South's most stubborn agricultural pests—johnsongrass—McWhorter led pioneering studies that changed how herbicides were applied and understood. His work laid the foundation for modern weed science, and he was the world’s foremost expert on johnsongrass.

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