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Figure 2. Photo of panicles from the three common California rice Echinochloa species. From left to right: unknown species/biotype, barnyardgrass, and late watergrass.

Watergrass Herbicide Screening: 2021 Results

February 6, 2022
By Whitney B Brim-Deforest
Whitney Brim-DeForest is the UC Cooperative Extension County Director for Sutter and Yuba counties and the Rice and Wild Rice Advisor for Sutter, Yuba, Capitol Corridor MCP, Placer, and Nevada counties.
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CWSS Student Winners!

January 25, 2022
By Thomas J Getts
It's 2022 and the California Weed Science Society was back in person at the Hyatt in Sacramento! It was touch and go leading up to the conference, but after it started everything seemed to go off without a hitch. There were lots of good exhibitors and a great lineup of speakers to listen to.
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Weedy rice

Weedy Rice: Survey and Season Wrap-up

January 11, 2022
By Whitney B Brim-Deforest, Troy L Clark
Weedy rice was found in California on a large scale in 2016, over 8 counties, after having been only found in a few fields in one county prior to 2008. In 2020, University of California Cooperative Extension conducted a comprehensive survey.
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