UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia)

It's getting hot and dry in the Central Valley and the movement of equipment in and out of fields/orchards/vineyards has the potential to stir up a significant amount of dust. Among its other impacts to agriculture (soil erosion, tissue damage, reduced photosynthesis, etc...

In vegetable production, growers cultivate most of the bed leaving only a 4-inch wide uncultivated band around the seedline. Weeds not controlled by preemergent herbicides or cultural practices in the uncultivated band are ultimately controlled by hand.

You can read about the latest weed-science research being conducted at UC Davis, but nothing beats seeing it for yourself.

Diagnosing Herbicide Symptoms 2018 July 10-11, 2018 Bowley Plant Science Teaching Center, UC Davis ****************************** Weed scientists at the University of California are offering the Diagnosing Herbicide Symptoms 2018 course on July 10-11, 2018.

From Brian German at AgNet West :: April 17, 2018 California rice growers will need to be on the lookout for two new problematic weed species this year. One of the species is called rough barnyardgrass (Echinochloa muricata) and the other is known as coast cockspur grass (Echinochloa walteri).