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

First Rafael Munhoz Pedrosoa graduate student in Dr.

This is the second year that Rafael Munhoz Pedrosoa graduate student in Dr. Albert Fischer's labwas awarded first place by the California Weed Science Society (CWSS) for his student oral research presentation.

From the UC Davis News Service January 21, 2015 Controlling weeds could soon become more effective, affordable and sustainable for vegetable growers in California and beyond, thanks to a system under development at UC Davis that will help plants communicate with a robotic cultivator.

New Organic Herbicide Registration for California Richard Smith, Farm Advisor University of California Cooperative Extension, Monterey County A new organic herbicide, Suppress, from Westbridge Company is now in the 30-day waiting period with the California Department of Pesticide Registration and sh...

Over the past several years, land managers and ranchers in Marin and Sonoma counties have been concerned with the spread of woolly distaff thistle (Carthamus lanatus). However, there is very little research conducted on the control of this species.