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

Seeing yellow these days? As inthose brightly-blooming yellow-flowering shrubs along roads and hillsides from the Bay Area to the Sierra Nevada foothills. BroomFrench, Spanish, and Scotchis in full spring bloom, even at higher elevations.

Spring is finally upon on us in Northeast California. The joy of flowering trees, green grass, and warmer weather is here! Unfortunately, the familiar site of yellow dandelion flowers and other broadleaf weeds in my lawn is also abundant.

Glyphosate-resistant (GR) Palmer amaranth is, currently, the most significant weedy pest of cotton grown in the SE US. In order to reduce population size, maximize herbicide efficacy and prevent the development of further resistances, cotton growers must consider using additional mechanical (i.e.

This job announcement ws sent to the UC Weed Research & Information Center. ****** There are two Positions for Associate Investigators in Global Discovery Biology at DuPont Crop Protection in Herbicide Discovery. We would be preferably interested in Masters as well as Bachelor level candidates.

Since it was first identified in 2004, glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth has become the most significant weedy pest of cotton in the Southeastern United States.