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Large boom sprayers are used to efficiently apply herbicides over agricultural fields. Visual: Will Fuller / Flickr
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Will rising temperatures make superweeds even stronger?

January 8, 2021
By Natasha Gilbert 12.07.2020 Around 10 years ago, in the fierce heat of the Kansas summer, many of the noxious kochia weeds invading Phillip Stahlman's research fields simply wouldn't budge when sprayed with a mixture of two widely used herbicides, glyphosate and dicamba.
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Photo 2. FarmWise Titan autonomous tractor equipped with split knives
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

2020 Evaluations of automated weeders in lettuce production

January 6, 2021
By Richard F Smith, Steven A Fennimore
Elizabeth Mosqueda is an Assistant Professor at the California State University, Monterey Bay. Richard Smith is a Vegetable Crop Production and Weed Science Farm Advisor with UC Cooperative Extension. Steve Fennimore is a Cooperative Extension Weed Specialist at UC Davis.
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Palmer vs waterhemp
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Summer scholars opportunity at Cornell University

January 5, 2021
Weed Science-Based Summer Scholars Opportunity at Cornell University Guess what, undergraduates! Cornell AgriTech in Geneva has received the green light to proceed with the 2021 season of the Summer Scholars Research Program, which offers students the opportunity to work with faculty, their graduate...
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New/Unknown watergrass biotype in the field.
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Preliminary Herbicide Screening in Rice on Watergrass Species

January 3, 2021
By Whitney B Brim-Deforest
In 2017, I started getting reports of a watergrass biotype/species (Echinochloa spp.) that was difficult to control using our suite of herbicides registered in rice.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Can weeds be beneficial?

January 3, 2021
By C Scott Stoddard
Scott Stoddard, University of California Cooperative Extension (Merced County) Farm Advisor, takes a look at weeds in a corn field, cotton field and a ditch in the Dos Palos area. He discusses cultural management, biological management and possible benefits of weeds. https://youtu.
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