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

Here's an article from the Sweetpotato Tips newsletter on hotbed cost production. Click here for a direct link to the January 2013 edition. PRODUCTION NOTESHotbeds Hotbeds begin soon.

A quick post today to share a link to the California Weed Science Society Journal. Click here for a direct link to the January 2013 edition of the CWSS Research Update and News.

Along scenic corridors, county roads and state highways of the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, weedsespecially yellow starthistle and Italian thistleare creating solid stands of invasion that defy control.

The Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) Public Awareness Committee with contributions from WSSA members, released a new fact sheet on weeds. The press release text is pasted the text below (in black) or you can click HERE for the direct link. Click here for a link to the pdf.

Despite the fact that I am currently working in orchards and vineyards, I receive lots of requests to discuss Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri S. Wats.), a weed that I spent almost six years studying.