Best Management Practices for Non-Chemical Weed Control manual

UC Weed Science

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Weed control, management, ecology, and minutia

Posted by: Gale Perez

Published on: February 14, 2021

Best Management Practices for Non-Chemical Weed Control

This manual provides comprehensive descriptions of 21 commonly used non-chemical weed control techniques and of biological control agents for 18 weed species/species groups that will help you as a practitioner treat weeds more effectively.

Authors of each chapter have compiled research and on-the-ground knowledge of subject experts on tools and methods of application, as well as on efficacy of techniques under various environmental conditions and across different classes of invasive plants. Environmental, cultural, and human safety risks are also highlighted to help support safe and effective use of techniques. This manual is designed to be a go-to resource for practitioners that are either complementing their weed control work with non-chemical techniques or are exclusively restricted to not using herbicides. Individual BMPs will be incorporated into an online decision support tool still in development.

This manual is available as a free download (291 pp., 21.5 MB). Visit https://www.cal-ipc.org/resources/library/publications/non-chem/.

Contents

Removing Whole Plants (5 techniques)
Controlling Plants by Cutting (6 techniques)
Controlling Plants in Place (3 techniques)
Covering Plants with Sheet Barriers (3 techniques)
Controlling Plants at a Plant Community Scale (4 techniques)
Biological Control (general introduction and descriptions of agents for 18 weed species/species groups)

Acknowledgements
This manual would not have been possible without the expert knowledge generously provided by technical team members across the state.

Funding was provided by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation Alliance Grants Program (grant no. 18-PML-G002) to the California Invasive Plant Council.

Please cite this report as: Cal-IPC 2020. Best Management Practices for Non-Chemical Weed Control. Report to California Department of Pesticide Regulation under grant number 18-PML-G002. 291 pp.

For more information, contact Cal-IPC.

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Comments: 3

Comments:

by Cue

on September 16, 2021 at 10:53 PM

Hi! Gale,
These efforts are really good and really appreciate it. Thanks for sharing such information with us...

by John Carston

on November 11, 2022 at 9:34 PM

It's interesting when you said that research knew the techniques could help with weed control. My mother told me yesterday that she was hoping to find a service that could resolve the overrun weeds in her garden, and she asked if I had any idea what would be the best option to consider. Thanks to this enlightening article, I'll tell her that consulting a trusted weed control service can help provide more information about the process. [Edited by blog administrator]

by Steve Smith

on January 20, 2023 at 9:00 PM

It's great that you elaborated that biological control agents could provide effective weed control but minimizes chemical reactions. My aunt told me yesterday that she hoped to find a service that could resolve the overrun weeds in her garden. She asked if I had any idea what would be the best option to consider. Thanks to this enlightening article, I'll tell her that consulting a trusted weed control service can help provide more information about the process. [Edited by blog administrator]