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Aggressive watergrass challenges California growers and researchers who seek effective control programs.

Weed Management in 2023: what can we expect?

June 4, 2023
By Consuelo B Baez Vega, Whitney B Brim-Deforest, Taiyu Guan
Coming out of 2022, where roughly half of all California rice fields were left fallowed last year, and others may have been fallowed for two seasons, many of us have questions about what weed management will look like in 2023.
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Dave Cudney holds a "Weeds of the West" book with his sister.

In memoriam: David Cudney

May 5, 2023
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
David W. Cudney, UC Cooperative Extension specialist emeritus, passed away in Riverside on March 30. He was 82. Cudney joined UCCE in 1964 as a farm advisor for Imperial County. In 1978, he became a UCCE weed science specialist for Southern California, based at UC Riverside.
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