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

Working title: Extension EducatorIntegrated Pest Management (IPM) Appointment: Full-time, Assistant Extension Professor (9623) Location: Extension Regional Office, To Be Determined Program Area: Extension Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (AFNR) Reports to: Program Leader, AFNR Apply by: June...

Richard Smith is the Vegetable Crops and Weed Science Farm Advisor in Monterey County, California. Impatiens Necrotic Spot Virus (INSV) in the Salinas Valley is a tospovirus that is spread primarily by western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis).

Here's part 4 (final part) of our training videos: Natural areas herbicide calibration. We've broken it up into smaller parts for easier viewing.

Take a look at the The New York Times article by Margaret Roach The Dirty Secret About Weeding.

I was out in the field today and drove by this fallow field and did two things. First, since I'm a weed scientist, I stopped to take a photo of this weedy streak. Second, because I know the site manager and know he hates weeds, I called to give him a hard time about "missing one".