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

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) is one of the agencies responsible for operating a facility that pumps water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta into the California Aqueduct. The California Aqueduct pumps water for uses south of the facilities.

There was a post written a few months ago by Rebecca Ozeran entitled A Tale of Two Grasses, describing her experiences with cheatgrass and contrasting its characteristics with another invasive annual, medusahead. It was an excellently written blog, and I encourage you to check it out! http://ucanr.

Do you have yellow starthistle, Italian thistle, Himalaya blackberry, white top, or other common Central Coast rangeland weeds on your ranch?

Attached is a report of evaluations of fumigants dominus and TRX058 in flowers and strawberry. Neither product is registered today, but California DPR is considering the registration of dominus.

The UC cooperative extension weed science community learned last week that Dr. Arthur (Art) Lange passed away on June 27, 2017 in Reedley.