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EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT :: Diagnosing Herbicide Symptoms 2018 course

May 16, 2018
By Gale Perez
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.
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Monitoring for New Problematic Weed Species in Rice

May 4, 2018
By Gale Perez
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).
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Figure 1. Water hyacinth mats floating in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

Tracking water hyacinth with GPS

April 30, 2018
By Guy Kyser
Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms)) is a perennial free-floating aquatic plant species native to the Amazon region of South America. It has become invasive around the world, including the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in central California.
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