- Author: Brad Hanson
Two links to recent BBC news articles on invasive weeds.
The first one is about a weed that should be familiar to anyone who has traveled in much of the intermountain west - cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum). The BBC article entitled "Wildfires fanned by invasive grass species" is a popular press discussion of recently article by Balch et al. in the scientific journal Global Change Biology. The focus of the research and reports was to discuss the effects that this fast growing (and fast dying) weed has on fire cycles and fire severity in the western US. Very interesting!
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- Author: Brad Hanson
- Author: WSSA
I received a press release this week from the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) that I thought would be of interest to followers of the UC Weed Science blog (link above, or attached below).
The press release lays out a dozen examples of "unfortunate (and illegal) consequences that can happen when you don't" follow the information on a pesticide label. I thought the first reason (wrong product,...
- Author: Brad Hanson
I recently received an email notification about a newly identified vineyard disease called grapevine redblotch.
Although this is not really a weed science issue, I thought the symptoms might be confused with other biotic and abiotic problems (such as herbicides). So, I thought I'd share the news brochure (attached below) that Drs. Sudarshana (USDA-ARS, Davis) and Wolpert (UC Davis) put together about the disease.
Here's a link to a related article on the disease in the trade publication Wines and Vines.
Take care,
Brad
- Author: Brad Hanson
Before I go out the door for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, I wanted to share a link to the recent Western IPM Center newsletter, The Western Front.
The October 2012 edition had a really nice writeup about the glyphosate-resistant weed workshops and IPM publications that I mentioned in my October 29 post. The author did a great job summarizing the issues, objectives, and even the IPM publications so I'll encourage you to take a look for yourself.
Click the link for more information on the
- Author: Brad Hanson
- Author: WSSA
I received a press release this week from the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) that I thought would be interesting to repost here.
The statement entitled: Three Leading Scientific Societies Take and Objective Look at the Issues Associated with "Least Toxic Pesticides" Applied as a "Last Resort" was co-authored by the WSSA, The American Phytopathological Society (APS), and the Plant-Insect Ecosystems Section of the Entomological Society of America...
