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

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT POSITION: Assistant Professor of Weed Science LOCATION: Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University CLOSING DATE: April 15, 2018 or until position is filled APPOINTMENT: 9-month tenure track RESPONSIBILITIES: The Department of Plant, Soil and Mic...

The USDA-Agricultural Research Service (ARS)-funded Delta Region Areawide Aquatic Weed Project (DRAAWP) is reporting progress in reducing aquatic weed coverage in the Delta through the development and use of new control technologies and models, while reducing control costs for stakeholders.

Last Thursday (March 15, 2018), the Western Governors' Association released its first ever list of the top 50 invasive species (25 terrestrial, 25 aquatic) important in the western US. This list includes a number of plant, animal, insects, and pathogens.

Here is a short summary written by Theresa Becchetti, University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) Livestock and Natural Resource Advisor on the Effects of Medusahead on Beef Cattle Gains project.

On a conference trip to New Zealand in 2018, I was able to finally meet the final member of the invasive Elodea family, or Hydrocharitaceae. In the United States, we already have the invasive hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata from Asia) and Brazilian elodea (Egeria densa).