Education/Experience
2019-Present, R.J. Cook Endowed Chair in Wheat Research and Professor, Department of Crop and Soil Science, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
2018-2019, Professor, Department of Crop and Soil Science, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
2012-2018, Associate Professor, Department of Crop and Soil Science, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington.
2006-2012, Assistant Professor, Department of Crop and Soil Science, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington.
2005-2006, Postdoctoral Research Associate, USDA-ARS Southern Weed Science Research Unit, Stoneville, Mississippi.
Ph.D., Weed Science, 2005, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
M.S., Weed Science, 2002, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
B.S., Biology, 1996, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA.
Honors/Awards
Outstanding Young Weed Scientist, Weed Science Society of America, 2015.
Excellence in Research, College of Agriculture, Human, and Natural Resources, 2011.
Outstanding Weed Scientist, Early Career, Western Society of Weed Science, 2010.
Outstanding Ph.D. Graduate Student Award, Southern Weed Science Society, 2005.
Outstanding Ph.D. Graduate Student Award, Weed Science Society of North Carolina, 2005.
Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Weed Science Society of America, 2003.
Recent Publications
Lewis, T, and Burke, IC. 2020. Vernalization affects absorption and translocation of clopyralid and aminopyralid in rush skeletonweed (Chondrillaq juncea). Weed Sci. 68:445-450.
Adhikari, S, Burke, IC, and Eigenbrode, SD. 2020. Mayweed chamomile (Anthemis cotula L.) biology and management – a review of an emerging global invader. Weed Research 60:313-322.
Manuchehri, MR, Fuerst, EP, Guy, SO, Shafii, B, Pittmann, DL, and Burke, IC. 2020. Growth and development of spring crops in competition with oat in the dryland Mediterranean climate of eastern Washington. Weed Science 68: 646-653.
Koby, LE, TS Prather, Quicke, H, Beuschlein, J, and Burke, IC. 2019. Management of Ventenata dubia in the inland Pacific Northwest with indaziflam. Invasive Plant Sci. Manag. 12:223-228.
Bagavathiannan, M.V., Graham, S., Ma, Z., Barney, JN, Coutts, SR, Caicedo, AL, De Clerck-Floate, R, West, NM, Blank, L, Metcalf, AL, Lacoste, M, Moreno, CR, Evans, JA, Burke, IC, and Beckie, H. 2019. Considering weed management as a social dilemma bridges individual and collective interests. Nature Plants 5 343-351.
Lawrence, NC, Hauvermale, AL, and Burke, IC. 2018. Downy brome (Bromus tectorum) vernalization: variation and genetic controls. Weed Sci. 66:310-316.
Lawrence, NL, Hauvermale, AL, Dhingra, A, and Burke, IC. 2017. Population structure and genetic diversity of Bromus tectorum within the small grain production region of the Pacific Northwest. Ecol. Evol. 7:8316-8328.
Aramrak, AC Steber, C, Kidwell, KK, and Burke, IC. 2017. Isolation of mutations conferring increased glyphosate resistance in spring wheat, Triticum aestivum (L.). Crop Sci. 58:84-97.
Tautges, N, Borrelli, K, Fuerst, EP and Burke, IC. 2016. Competitive ability of rotational crops with weeds in dryland organic wheat production systems. Renew. Ag Food Sys. 32:57-68.
Soltani, N, Dille, AJ, Burke, IC, Everman, WJ, VanGessel, MJ, Davis, VM, and Sikkema, PH. 2016. Potential corn yield losses due to weeds in North America. Weed Technol. 30:979-984.
Tautges, NE, Sullivan, TS, Reardon, CL, and Burke, IC. 2016. Soil microbial diversity and activity linked to crop yield and quality in a dryland organic wheat production system. Appl. Soil Ecol. 108: 258-268.
Bell, JA and Burke, IC. 2015. Genetic and biochemical evaluation of natural rubber from eastern Washington prickly lettuce (Lactuca serriola L.). J. Agric. Food Chem. 63:593-602.