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

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Delta Region Areawide Aquatic Weed Project (DRAAWP) has, as one of its purposes, to enhance and implement the rollout of new, innovative, or unique processes to support finding and controlling aquatic invasive species.

A forwarded request for California participation in research on herbicide resistance and integrated weed management.

Heat is something that many Californians are used to, and live with for several months out of the year, but prolonged triple digit heat is not something I am used to in my corner of the state. Sure it gets hot up here in Lassen County, but there is most often a place to retreat from the heat.

South American spongeplant (Limnobium laevigatum) is a free-floating, freshwater aquatic plant that has been introduced to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Spongeplant can propagate sexually through seed production and asexually through the development of stolons that produce new plants.

The old saying, Everything's fine until it's not, comes to mind when dealing with some tough to control perennial weeds in alfalfa production during the summertime.