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

The Public Works Department is recruiting to fill positions of Vegetation Management Technician. The Department is seeking qualified candidates who are enthusiastic, self-motivated, safety oriented and hard working to fill vacancies in the Maintenance Division.

Oregon State University (OSU) posted an Assistant Extension Professor position. This position has a statewide assignment in integrated weed management for processed and fresh market vegetables and specialty seed industries.

(excerpted from an obituary prepared by Trina Kleist from the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences) Albert Fischer, a professor emeritus of weed ecophysiology in the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences, was recently named recipient of the Outstanding International Achievement Award by the Interna...

Conventional processing tomato weed management in California often includes pre-plant herbicides (trifluralin and/or s-metolachlor), followed by cultivation, and hand hoeing. Rimsulfuron herbicide can also be used in conventional systems and can be applied either pre or post transplanting.

Wild carrot, or Queen Anne's lace, is a widespread and difficult to control nuisance weed across most of western Oregon.