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

Early winter is is a good time of year to talk about another landscape weed problem - catchweed bedstraw (Galium aperine) also known as cleavers in much of the rest of the world (among many other names).

Although somewhat self serving (isn't that part of what a blog is?), I thought I'd post a link to an article about the the Weed Science group at UC Davis.

Date: November 30, 2010 Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Contact: Student Services staff is available M-F, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Phone: (800)752-0881 From Davis or Woodland (530)757-8777 Sponsor: UC Davis Extension Location: Da Vinci Building Address: 1632 Da Vinci Ct. Davis, CA Web site: http://extension.ucdavis.

Over the last few years, several of my UC Davis, CSU-Fresno, and USDA-ARS collaborators and I have been involved in research related to using steam heat to thermally disinfest soil as an alternative to methyl bromide fumigation.

Recently I was reminded that there is no more important fundamental to weed control than being able to identify your weed problem. This summer, I moved to a different house and have slowly been working on little projects that arise.