- Author: Amber Vinchesi-Vahl
- Posted by: Gale Perez
Conventional processing tomato weed management in California often includes pre-plant herbicides (trifluralin and/or s-metolachlor), followed by cultivation, and hand hoeing. Rimsulfuron herbicide can also be used in conventional systems and can be applied either pre or post transplanting. Post-transplant applications of rimsulfuron can selectively remove nightshades if applied when the weeds are very young, no more than 2 true leaves, however, long plant-back restrictions may limit its use. Therefore, the use of hand crews is often needed to remove weeds that emerge in the plant row, where standard cultivation equipment is ineffective.
Automated weeders, or robotic weeders, use cameras and computers to distinguish crops from...
- Author: John Spring
- Posted by: Gale Perez
Wild carrot, or Queen Anne's lace, is a widespread and difficult to control nuisance weed across most of western Oregon. It is prolific in roadsides, poorly managed pastures, post-harvest forestry sites, and other areas with intermediate disturbance levels, although it is adaptable enough to become weedy in many other sites as well. East of the Cascades, distribution is more sporadic, although there are certainly areas with dense populations. Wild carrot poses a potential contamination risk to carrot seed production, and is a high priority weed in wildlands and other...
- Author: Devii R. Rao
- Posted by: Gale Perez
UC Cooperative Extension San Benito County is going to collaborate with San Jose State University to develop a CAL FIRE Forest Health Research grant proposal. We are interested in looking at different methods to control coyote brush (
- Author: Steven Swain
- Posted by: Gale Perez
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Knotweed Symposium
science & management webinar
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
The webinar is intended to share information on control of Japanese knotweed, Fallopia japonica, with researchers, land managers, and landscape professionals who work with riparian weeds. The webinar will emphasize attempts at practical control strategies for California's Central Coast within a broader context of its ecology.
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- Author: Devii R. Rao
- Posted by: Gale Perez
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Please join the San Benito Weed Management for our 21st Annual Continuing Education Seminar for Ranchers.
Date: Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Time: 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Location: via Zoom
Deadline to register: December 5, 2022
Register here: https://bit.ly/3EpP7ls
Three hours of pesticide continuing education credits (including 0.5 hour of Laws and Regulations) have been approved by the Department of Pesticide Regulation.
To see the workshop flyer,
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