- Author: Amber Vinchesi-Vahl
In 2019, my colleague Sarah Light (UCCE Agronomy Advisor: Sutter-Yuba and Colusa counties) and myself were in Year 2 of a Healthy Soils Demonstration Project in Sutter County, CA. Our field site was planted to tomatoes and was in it's first year of certified organic production. The previous year, wheat was harvested, and then a vetch cover crop was planted over the winter. Unfortunately, in addition to the processing tomato crop, there was a significant infestation of johnsongrass. This caused significant yield loss in certain areas of the tomato field, likely up to 5 tons/acre.
Fast forward to 2020, and the field is planted to rice instead of corn as originally planned so the grower can better manage the...
- Posted by: Gale Perez
| Working title: | Extension Educator–Integrated 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 25, 2020 initial deadline; Open until... |
- Author: Richard Smith
- Posted by: Gale Perez
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). It has a wide host range of over 600 species of plants, including vegetables such as lettuce, tomatoes and peppers, ornamental such as fuchsias, dahlias and gazanias, and many weeds (see below). In the summer months when INSV is well established, lettuce production fields serve as the primary host of the virus, and thrips fly from infected fields that are being harvested to younger unharvested fields, and in that way, propagate and spread...
- Author: Gale Perez
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.
- Posted by: Gale Perez
Take a look at the The New York Times article by Margaret Roach
The Dirty Secret About Weeding.
Thanks for sharing Lynn!
