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

Mark your calendars for a one-day science symposium on Invasive Species at UC Davis on August 29 co-sponsored by the Delta Interagency Invasive Species Coordination (DIISC) Team, the Delta Stewardship Council's Delta Science Program, and UC Davis.

Summer is right around the corner. The mild weather we've recently experienced following a rich rainy season is the perfect combination for the luscious growth we see in lawns and landscapes.

In what has been dubbed dandelion-gate, members of the Washington State legislature spent 20 minutes complaining about weeds on the capital's lawn In all the years I've been here I've never seen so many dandelions all over, Sen. Mike Padden (R) said.

Mosquito research by Maribel Portilla and Sharon Lawler recently included an experiment on how Egeria, or Brazilian water weed, affects mosquito populations. Egeria is a submersed aquatic weed that can cause problems in channels and irrigation waterways.

We are a little over a month into the processing tomato season. I have received a couple of farm calls regarding herbicide damage or symptoms originally thought to be diseases. The first was trifluralin injury to young tomato plants.