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

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).

** THIS EVENT IS FREE ** Strawberry Field Day to demonstrate pest management research June 6, 2018 ? 9 AM-12 noon Spence USDA Farm ?

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.

The $1 million UC Cooperative Extension Presidential Chair for California Grown Rice has been awarded to Whitney Brim-DeForest, UCCE rice advisor for Sutter, Yuba, Placer, Sacramento and Butte counties.

Be sure to check out the following articles in the Good Fruit Grower magazine (April 24, 2018) Herbicide resistance pushes California grape growers to try bringing back weed control strategies such as sheep and cultivation -- UC Cooperative Extension Weed Science Advisor John Roncoroni quoted in art...