A new analytical method for measuring the release of herbicidal
compounds from plant roots has been developed by two Ashland
University chemistry professors and this method is generating
excitement in science labs around the world. News of the
development has become so widespread, in fact, that Dr. Jeff
Weidenhamer, trustees’ distinguished professor of chemistry at
Ashland University, spent a week in Berlin, Germany, and six
weeks in Australia this summer discussing the new method. “The
new method is starting to develop a lot of interest worldwide,”
Weidenhamer said. “We had two collaborators from Denmark who
worked with us on our first paper. We are hoping this method
will be of use to a lot of researchers.” Weidenhamer and Brian
Mohney, associate professor of chemistry at Ashland University,
have collaborated with a group from Berlin on the use of this
new method and a first research paper from this collaboration is
now in review. Weidenhamer said this development has
agricultural applications because it co