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

Here are a few articles from California Ag Today Mechanical Weeding Saves Labor http://californiaagtoday.com/mechanical-weeding-vegetables/ Tracking Herbicide Resistance in Weed Evolution http://californiaagtoday.

The Economist reports that Hungarian biologists have trained rabbits to preferentially eat common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), an invasive plant (and a native to North America). http://www.economist.

In California, a general requirement of plant species used for revegetation and restoration projects is its classification as a native species. However, the high cost of native plant materials is one of the dominant obstacles to effective revegetation nationwide.

A recent USDA-CDFA collaboration has documented the first establishment of a population of the water hyacinth planthopper in the western U.S.

From California Ag Today by Patrick Cavanaugh, Farm News Director :: Aug.