From the Topics in Subtropics blog

The following article is from the UC ANR Integrated Pest Management website, authored by Cheryl Wilen.
http://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn74128.html

Puncturevine (Tribulus terrestris) is an aptly named summer annual found widely in California. Native...

[From the Spring issue of the UC IPM Retail Nursery & Garden Center News and the Pests in the Urban Landscape blog]

“I hate crabgrass!” is a common lament I've heard from residents during my 35 years in UC Weed Science. However, four out of five times, the weed people are actually referring to is not crabgrass, but bermudagrass or dallisgrass. So why does knowing the name of the weed matter? It...

Weed Day 2018 comes to UC Davis July 12

You can read about the latest weed-science research being conducted at UC Davis, but nothing beats seeing it for yourself. That's why pest control advisors, chemical company cooperators, faculty, students and regulatory officials continue to gather at UC Davis each July for Weed Day, an annual tour of the vast array of weed-control field trials underway.

This year's 62^nd Annual Weed Day will be held Thursday, July 12, from

UCIPM and California Department of Pesticide Regulation are holding 

Weed Management Expos for School Sites

at Long Beach on June 19 and Dixon on June 22 [8am-3pm]

Open to all but focused on school staff and landscape pest management contractors that work with (or want to work with schools)

The Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) has organized school-specific Weed Management Expos for educational facilities staff, school-affiliated contractors, and other interested community members. Topics will include:

• Practical application of saturated steam at school sites
• County laws,...