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

UCCE Position Announcement If you've ever wished you could be a weed scientist with the University of California Cooperative Extension system (and really, who among us hasn't wished that?

Below is a recent press release from the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) announcing a new fact sheet addressing misconceptions about the so-called "superweeds".

Check out the Sept. issue of the California Weed Science Society journal (CWSS Research Update and News).

Methyl bromide fumigation kept the nutsedge in check for strawberry growers, and when methyl iodide came along it was an equally effective replacement, but both of these fumigants are now gone.

This article was originally prepared for the CWSS Research Update and News (September 2014 edition). You can see it and several other articles at the CWSS website.