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

In Northern California, Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana L.) has been around for a long time and is typically found in disturbed areas and fallow sites such as: under power lines, wooded areas, fences, pond edges, roadsides, etc. (Figure 1).

UC ANR is hiring a Restorative Ecology and Weed Science Area Advisor (Applied Research and Extension). Please follow the link https://ucanr.edu/About/Jobs/?jobnum=2454 and share the information widely: Location Headquarters: UCCE Kern County, Bakersfield, California Purpose.

UC ANR is hiring Area Agronomy and Weed Science Advisor (Applied Research and Extension). Please follow the link https://ucanr.

For four decades, when a new plant disease infects fields of lettuce or a new regulation is issued for agriculture, vegetable farmers across the state have turned to Richard Smith, the University of California Cooperative Extension vegetable crops advisor, for answers.

Branched broomrape is a parasitic plant that is an A-listed noxious weed in California, requiring crop destruction and a hold order to be placed on reported fields.