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

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), poisoning is the number one cause of injury-related death in the United States, and 1073 people in California were poisoned by pesticides in 2014 alone.

From Cal-IPC's Doug Johnson: Dear Stakeholders, Cal-IPC is proposing additions to our California Invasive Plant Inventory and we are soliciting input during a 60-day comment period. I would appreciate your help in distributing this widely to your interested colleagues.

RECRUITMENT PERIOD Open date: February 3, 2017 Next review date: March 31, 2017. Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee. Final date: July 1, 2017.

June 25-30, 2017 Asilomar Conference Center // Pacific Grove, California http://www.wcpp14.org You are warmly invited to the 14th World Congress on Parasitic Plants.

The Southwest US Herbicide Resistance Listening Session was hosted by the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) on February 15, 2017 at the UCCE office in Tulare, California. This was one of seven regional sessions hosted by WSSA and it included attendees from California, New Mexico, and Arizona.