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

We received several calls yesterday from a news organization in San Francisco about a CDFA biocontrol program for an invasive aquatic weed, water hyacinth. I'm a terrestrial weed guy who works mostly in orchards and vineyards, not aquatics so I kept a low profile.

What the ?? Wheres this coming from and what does that have to do with weeds? A few years ago, I noticed that when I was wearing my cool polarized sunglasses it was like I had a superpower for spotting smooth crabgrass in turf.

Well, I survived my first turn as the chairperson for the annual UC Davis Weed Day and I thought it went very well.

An article was posted a couple days ago on the Scientific American blog in which the author deconstructed what she saw as common myths about organic agriculture.

The adage "a picture is worth a thousand words" can apply to pesticide safety, too! When I was at Colorado State University in 2006, Sandra McDonald of Mountain West PEST led an effort to teach pesticide safety through the use of photos.