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

The International Weed Science Society meets every four years to discuss weed science issues on a global level. This past June (2012) the IWSS met in Hangzhou, China and, for the next four years, will be led by the new president Dr. Albert Fischer from UC Davis.

Franck Dayan will be stopping by UC Davis on Tuesday, 1/22/2013 to give a presentation entitled King Georges, Vampires and Herbicides. Below is the announcement.

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.