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

In case you have missed it, heated debates have been raging across the Internet regarding our food and food production practices.

Link to CWSS Annual Meeting Announcement and Registration Page See you there! Brad CALIFORNIA WEED SCIENCE SOCIETY 2016 ANNUAL CONFERENCE HYATT REGENCY AT CAPITOL PARK SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA "ADDRESSING DIVERSE AND DYNAMIC CHALLENGES IN WEED MANAGEMENT" WHEN AND WHERE?

We just received information on the following event: The Delta Stewardship Council will be hosting a Science Symposium on Invasive Aquatic Vegetation at UC Davis on September 15, 2015. See below for details and go to the DSC event website for the tentative agenda: http://deltacouncil.ca.

The annual California Rice Field Day is coming up on Wed., Aug. 26, 2015 at the Rice Experiment Station (RES) in Biggs, California.

We are all working very hard to get rid of weeds once we see them, but often I forget to ask how that plant got there in the first place. There are 4 main ways for weeds to appear on your property: germination from the seed bank, the wind, animal dispersal, and movement by people.