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

Article originally posted on the UC ANR Green Blog. Written by Rebecca Miller-Cripps and reposted with permission. Brad Weeds, weeds, weeds! Have you noticed? This has been a banner year for weeds. Puncturevine where Ive never seen it before.

Today I thought I'd put in a plug for the California Weed Science Society (CWSS) annual meeting to be held January 23-25, 2012 in Santa Barbara. Information on the meeting can be found in the October newsletter at: http://www.cwss.org/PDF/CWSS_Fall_2011_Newsletter.

The Weed Research and Information Center (WeedRIC) has developed three educational on-line videos that are directed towards homeowners and Master Gardeners. These three videos are housed on the wric.ucdavis.edu website under the Quick Links Online Education Program button.

Union Pacific invites applications for a management position overseeing their vegetation control program for the Western Region.

Yellow nutsedge found a good home in warmer areas of California and purple nutsedge is sometimes present as well.