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New Herbicide BMP Manual

January 6, 2016
Cal-IPC, in partnership with toxicologist Susan Kegley of the Pesticide Research Institute, has published a new manual on "Best Management Practices (BMPs) for Wildland Stewardship: Protecting Wildlife When Using Herbicides for Invasive Plant Management.
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Mesotrione for weed control in orchards

December 18, 2015
By Brad Hanson
March 16, 2016. Editor's note. I recently was informed of an error in the chart Lynn included in this post from December 2018. While Broadworks (ai = mesotrione) herbicide IS registered in several stonefruit crops, it is NOT currently registered for use in peach. This was entirely my error.
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Rushin' thistles

December 14, 2015
By Guy Kyser
This salsola scene reminds me of Alexander Nevsky's battle on the ice, or maybe Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Tumbleweed"...
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Weed-eating Biomachines

November 12, 2015
By Julie A Finzel
Weed-Eating Biomachines: How Grazing Livestock can Help Control Invasive Weeds In any good weed control program there are some basic steps that should be followed.
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UC IPM online courses offer DPR/SPCB continuing education units

November 10, 2015
By Cheryl A Reynolds
Are you looking for continuing education units (CEUs) to complete your renewal application this year for the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR)? The UC Statewide IPM Program has several online courses available that can help you get those last few needed credits.
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