Background Pyrethroid pesticides strongly bind to suspended sediments carried in agricultural runoff and have been identified as a source of aquatic toxicity on the central coast by both the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board and the California Department of Pesticide Regulation.
The California Chapter of the American Society of Agronomy (CALASA) will host the 2021 Plant and Soil Conference as an online event February 1 - 3, 2021. The agenda can be found at the conference website: calasa.ucdavis.edu.
Effect of Irrigation Method on Herbicide Efficacy in Lettuce Production University of California Cooperative Extension, Monterey County Author: Richard Smith, Farm Advisor In 2020 we compared the efficacy of lettuce preemergent herbicides in trials with fields split between season-long drip vs sprin...
Author(s): Elizabeth Mosqueda, Richard Smith and Steve Fennimore Assistant Professor CSU, Monterey Bay, Farm Advisor and UC Extension Weed Specialist Background: Automated weeder technology has evolved significantly over the past decade.
Author/s: Richard Smith, Joji Muramoto and Patricia Love UCCE Farm Advisor, Extension Specialist and Staff Research Associate In the fall, following the crop production season, residual soil nitrate-nitrogen (N) levels increase when N-rich residues from crops such as broccoli are incorporated into t...
