How science can improve your life | Eric Patterson | TEDxMSU
At Michigan State University, Dr. Eric Patterson studies the evolution of weeds. Not the common backyard varieties like dandelion or clover, but the real agricultural contenders: fast-growing, highly adaptive plants that can outcompete even the most carefully bred crops. These weeds are often labeled as unwanted, harmful, and out of place. But in his TEDx talk, Dr. Patterson invites us to see them differently, as champions of survival and resilience.Weeds have evolved resistance to nearly every control method humans have developed, especially herbicides, but even to mechanical and manual removal. Their success lies in their tenacity and their ability to rapidly adapt, qualities that define what it means to be a weed. If they weren’t so persistent, they wouldn’t be weeds at all.
Through these stories, Dr. Patterson explores what weeds can teach us about evolution: How fast can plants adapt? What are the boundaries of biological resilience? Perhaps, most intriguingly, what traits might we borrow from weeds to improve the crops we rely on?
Rather than seeing weeds as mere pests to be eradicated, Dr. Patterson encourages us to recognize them as a lens through which we can better understand nature’s ingenuity, adaptability, and the untapped lessons in persistence that lie hidden in the margins of our fields. Patterson teaches weed science, resistance evolution, and herbicide biochemistry at Michigan State University. While his research focuses on fundamental principles of weed science using weed genomics, molecular biology of weed traits, rapid diagnostic assays, and discovery of herbicide modes of action. He is passionate about science and encouraging others to do science in their everyday lives. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx Receive SMS online on sms24.me
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