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

Abstract Non-synthetic herbicides offer a potentially useful addition to the suite of weed management tools available to organic growers, but limited information is available to guide the optimal use of these products.

Ok, I'll admit that I fully intended to do something useful today but got distracted thinking about weed control research, weed science extension, and herbicide-resistant weeds (what do YOU think about on Saturday afternoon?).

Two links to recent BBC news articles on invasive weeds. The first one is about a weed that should be familiar to anyone who has traveled in much of the intermountain west - cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum).

I received a press release this week from the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) that I thought would be of interest to followers of the UC Weed Science blog (link above, or attached below).

I recently received an email notification about a newly identified vineyard disease called grapevine redblotch. Although this is not really a weed science issue, I thought the symptoms might be confused with other biotic and abiotic problems (such as herbicides).